West Expansion Ramiraz 5th grade Sofiia Syrotenko

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Across
  1. 2. Major route used by settlers to move west
  2. 7. Land given to settlers to farm/live on
  3. 8. Group of covered wagons traveling together
  4. 9. 19th-century belief in divine right to expand across North America
  5. 10. Incorporating land into an existing country
  6. 13. African Americans who migrated west after the Civil War
  7. 14. Land set aside for Native Americans
  8. 16. Land owned by the U.S. but not yet a state
  9. 17. Railroad spanning the continent
  10. 18. Rapid influx of people to a site of newly discovered gold
  11. 19. Movement of people to a new area
  12. 20. A journey for a specific purpose, e.g., Lewis and Clark
Down
  1. 1. 1803 purchase that doubled U.S. size
  2. 3. The edge of settled land
  3. 4. Formal agreement between the U.S. and Native nations
  4. 5. Unfenced grazing land for cattle
  5. 6. Town that grew rapidly, often due to mining
  6. 11. One of the first to settle a new area
  7. 12. Growth of U.S. land 1801–1861
  8. 15. Farmer on the Great Plains