Ms. Kaufman's US History Puzzle!

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Across
  1. 2. the route taken by many migrants to journey west
  2. 4. the president who engineered the Mexican-American war
  3. 5. site of the 1849 gold rush
  4. 7. the belief that the US expanding coast to coast was meant to be
  5. 10. to improve something
  6. 11. state where Andrew Jackson led the war against the Seminoles
  7. 16. location of the first women's rights convention
  8. 18. the forced journey Native Americans were marched on by US soldiers
  9. 19. a proposed law that has not passed yet
  10. 21. the country whose enslaved population revolted against France and created their own nation
  11. 22. the right to vote
  12. 23. the state that first broke from Mexico before asking to join the US
  13. 24. the legal guiding document for the United States
  14. 26. the two men who led an expedition to scope out the new Louisiana Territory
Down
  1. 1. when one nation takes land from another and adds it to their territory by force
  2. 3. the $15 million buy made under Thomas Jefferson that doubled the size of the US
  3. 6. the plains animal that plays a central part in the lives of many native american tribes
  4. 8. the first US government attempt that was a failure
  5. 9. the US president who championed the Indian Removal Act
  6. 12. the coolest history teacher you've ever had ;)
  7. 13. the port city at the mouth of the Mississippi river, crucial for trade
  8. 14. the first ten amendments of the US constitution
  9. 15. the part of congress with equal representation for each state
  10. 17. everyone gets what they need
  11. 20. the tribe at the center of the Indian Removal Act
  12. 25. an agreement made between two or more nations