Western migration

2. Donner Party reached the ______ Mountains in October 1846.
3. One cause of westward migration: cheap ______ for farming.
7. The US gained huge western lands after winning the Mexican-______ War.
8. The Donner Party took the unproven shortcut called the Hastings ______.
10. The first rescue party reached the Donner Party in ______ (month).
11. Settlers travelled in ______.
12. ______ destiny – The belief that Americans were destined to expand west.
14. The Donner Party began their journey from ______, Missouri.
15. The Great Salt ______ was one of the difficult landscapes on the cutoff route.
16. Early pioneers followed the Oregon ______ westward.

1. the act that created the Permanent Indian Frontier: Indian ______ Act (1830).
4. John O’Sullivan said expansion was America’s “manifest ______.”
5. Mountain range where the Donner Party became trapped: Sierra ______.
6. A major problem for the Donner Party: early heavy ______ in the mountains.
8. Some members of the Donner Party survived by resorting to ______.
9. Many early western explorers were fur trappers known as mountain ______.
13. Only ______-eight members of the Donner Party survived.