Across
- 5. Town in Missouri where settlers started their trips west
- 8. Country from which the US bought the Louisiana Territory
- 9. Ocean that borders the western United States
- 11. Animal that pulled the wagons west
- 12. Trail traveled by the Cherokee when they were forced off of their land
- 13. State where the Alamo is located
- 14. Mode of transportation pioneers used to travel west
- 15. Found on Cherokee territory that caused the Georgia government to force them off of their land
- 18. Went west in search of religious freedom
- 19. Immigrants from this country helped build the transcontinental railroad
- 20. Name of people searching for gold
Down
- 1. President responsible for the Louisiana Purchase
- 2. Location of the first gold rush
- 3. Ocean that borders the eastern United States
- 4. land set aside where Native Americans were forced to live
- 6. The belief that Americans should expand west
- 7. The first people to settle in an area
- 10. Men who herded cattle
- 16. President who signed the Indian Removal Act
- 17. State where the Mormons settled out west