Westward Vocab

5. communities that quickly grow in population
7. a time marked by changes in manufacturing and transportation
10. a line of covered wagons that move together
14. 1846-1848 President Polk declared war on Mexico over the disputed land of Texas
17. a journey to explore the American Northwest, newly purchased from France and some territories beyond
18. the first people to live in North America
19. an agreement between two nations
20. the belief that the US had the right and duty to control the land between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
21. American Indians forced by the United States Army to make the 1,000-mile trip to Indian Territory

1. the area of land that American Indians were forced to move to
2. the edge of a country or settled region
3. someone who went to an area before it was settled
4. an area of land that is under the authority of a government but is not govern the power to govern itself
6. The 1803 land deal that doubled the area of our new country. It was purchased from France for 15 million dollars
8. law that ordered all the Indian nations East of the Mississippi River to move west of that river
9. people who move to a new land
11. to add land to a country
12. waterway built for travel and shipping
13. The 1849 discovery of gold in the Sacramento, California area inspired the mass migration to the gold fields.
15. invented the cotton gin and the idea of using interchangeable parts
16. to give land to another country