Across
- 4. Settlers of the west traveled on the _______ Trail
- 6. The river that separates the eastern and western areas of the United States
- 7. Pioneers traveled ________ of the Mississippi River to the plains and northwest
- 9. The European nation from which the Louisiana Territory was purchased
- 10. Lewis and Clark made _______ of the western USA after their expedition
- 11. The third president of the USA
- 13. The practice in which African Americans were forced to work against their will with no rights
- 16. In a ________ state, slavery was acceptable
- 17. Before the Louisiana Purchase, most Americans lived ______ of the Mississippi River
Down
- 1. The name of Americans who traveled to settle the western United States
- 2. The _____________ Purchase more than doubled the land area of the United States
- 3. The Missouri ____________ was made to balance power between slave states and free states
- 5. Lewis and Clark explored the west with the Corps of _____________
- 8. The young Native American woman who helped Lewis and Clark on their expedition
- 12. ____________ Americans were moved to other lands as Americans began to settle the west
- 14. One of the first explorers of the Louisiana Purchase
- 15. In a _______ state, slavery was not allowed