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Across
  1. 4. / Explorers who mapped the new western territory.
  2. 5. / Early travelers and builders of new communities.
  3. 7. / Group of covered wagons traveling together.
  4. 12. / The edge of settled land moving westward.
  5. 13. / Land set aside for Native American tribes.
  6. 14. / Gold seekers during the California Gold Rush.
  7. 16. / Belief that Americans were destined to expand westward.
  8. 20. / The act of growing the nation's land area.
  9. 22. / Large, flat area of grasslands in the central U.S.
  10. 23. / 1849 event that drew thousands to California.
  11. 24. / Horse-drawn carriage used for long-distance travel.
Down
  1. 1. / People who moved west to inhabit new lands.
  2. 2. / Major transportation system that helped expansion.
  3. 3. / 1803 land deal that doubled the size of the U.S.
  4. 4. / Race to claim land in the western territories.
  5. 6. / Movement of people from one area to another.
  6. 8. / Land owned by the U.S. but not yet a state.
  7. 9. / Original inhabitants of North America.
  8. 10. / Vital animal for Plains Native Americans.
  9. 11. / A major route west for settlers and pioneers.
  10. 15. / Direction in which settlers moved to expand the U.S.
  11. 17. / Forced relocation of Native American tribes.
  12. 18. / Digging the land for gold and other resources.
  13. 19. / Wide, flat grassland found in the central U.S.
  14. 21. / Gave settlers free land to farm in the West.