WESTWARD EXPANSION

Edit Answers
12345678910
Across
  1. 2. The animal that was essential for food, shelter, and cultural traditions on the Great Plains.
  2. 5. The 1830 law signed by President Jackson that authorized forced Native American relocations.
  3. 6. Transportation network completed in 1869 that drastically sped up western travel.
  4. 9. The forced, tragic journey west made by Cherokee people in 1838.
  5. 10. The U.S. acquired vast western territory after a war with this country ended in 1848.
Down
  1. 1. The massive land deal in 1803 with France that nearly doubled the size of the U.S.
  2. 3. Military outposts built along trails and rivers to protect settlers and maintain control.
  3. 4. The belief that the U.S. was meant to expand across the North American continent from ocean to ocean.
  4. 7. Designated areas of land set aside by the federal government for Native American communities.
  5. 8. The Native American nation that challenged forced removal in the 1832 Supreme Court case Worcester v. Georgia.