Westward Expansion

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Across
  1. 5. The availability of cheap, fertile THIS made people want to move west.
  2. 7. Jefferson bought this land from France which doubled the size of the United States.
  3. 9. Economic opportunities like logging, farming, and the possibility of THIS made people want to move west.
  4. 10. Territory that was divided by the United States and Great Britain (1846).
  5. 12. This was added to the United States after winning their independence from Mexico (1845).
  6. 13. Population growth HERE made people want to move west.
Down
  1. 1. They explored the Louisiana Purchase and the Oregon Territory from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean.
  2. 2. Thousands of people rushed to California for the possibility of striking it rich. This rush was called the what?
  3. 3. This invention provided faster LAND transportation.
  4. 4. Spain gave this land to the United States through a treaty (1819).
  5. 6. Cheaper and faster THIS made it easier to move west.
  6. 8. The idea that expansion was for the good of the United States and was the right of the United States no matter who got hurt.
  7. 11. The Oregon Trail and Santa Fe trail were known as these, which many pioneers traveled on westward.