Westward Expansion

2. Land was set aside by the Indian Removal Act of 1830 as a place for the Native Americans forced from their homelands.
4. The territory bought from the US from France.
6. A journey made for a special purpose.
8. A word use the buy settlers to describe land beyond their settlements.
9. Shoshone translator for Lewis and Clark expedition in 1808.
11. Largest city in Southern Louisiana.
12. The longest river in the US.
14. A person who creates a path to lead a settlement to find a new home.
15. Emperor of France who sold the Louisiana Territory to the to the US.
16. A high, rugged mountain chain in western North America, stretching from Alaska into Mexico.

1. A flat, dry land area with rich soil in the Midwest.
3. Explorer of the Louisiana Territory with Meriwether Lewis. He was the brother of George Rogers.
5. US army officer and scout who explored the Louisiana Territory with William Clark.
7. Third president of the US from 1801 to 1809. He was the author of the Declaration of Independence.
10. An 1830 law forcing Native Americans to move to Oklahoma.
13. An area set aside by the Native Americans.