6th Social Studies Chapter 5, Lesson 2

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Across
  1. 1. The ______ Act made land in the states west of the Mississippi River free to anyone who built a farm and lived on it for five years
  2. 5. information
  3. 6. The _______ purchase doubled the size of the country
  4. 7. ______ economic activities include farming, ranching, mining, drilling for oil, etc.
  5. 8. when a plant or animal completely disappears from Earth
  6. 10. this country claimed the land from the Rocky Mountains to the Mississippi River
  7. 12. a Spanish church-based settlement in the west
  8. 15. Native Americans were forced to live on ______
  9. 16. a region just beyond the edge of a settled area
Down
  1. 2. to start
  2. 3. According to the map of page 159, this city was founded in 1841.
  3. 4. to take control of something
  4. 7. "town" in Spanish
  5. 9. President Jefferson sent Lewis and ______ to explore the Louisiana Territory.
  6. 11. As settlers moved west, the United States bought ______ from Russia in 1867
  7. 13. the idea that it was the right of Americans to expand westward to the Pacific Ocean was called ______ Destiny
  8. 14. According to the map of page 159, the ______ Trail and the Mormon Trail split near Salt Lake City.