Across
- 4. The belief that the United States had a God given right to expand their borders from coast to coast.
- 7. The states in the U.S. that connect
- 8. An object that is bought or obtained
- 10. The 3rd President of the US. He owned over 600 slaves in his life. He completed the Louisiana Purchase which doubled the United States’ land size.
- 11. The first people to go on a journey
- 13. A war between the U.S. and Mexico from 1846-1848. The U.S. won the war and took 50% of Mexico’s land.
Down
- 1. The purchase of the Louisiana Territory by the US from France for $15 million. The Louisiana Territory extended over 15 states and doubled the size of the US.
- 2. The strategy of growing a country’s power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
- 3. A 1,900 mile continuous railroad line that connected the Eastern US (Iowa) to the Western US (Pacific)
- 5. The border of where civilization ends and where an unsettled area begins.
- 6. Trail 2000 mile journey from Missouri to the Pacific Ocean.
- 9. The advancing border that marked the lands that had been settled by White Europeans
- 12. The 11th President of the US. He was a believer in Manifest Destiny. He annexed Texas and took 50% of Mexico’s land.