Westward Expansion

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Across
  1. 2. Rapid Increase in mining activity due to discovery of valuables
  2. 4. Created the first Law Enforcement
  3. 5. Religious Leader and politician
  4. 6. Mexican General famous for leading the country in independence against Spain
  5. 7. Indian Chief of the Hunkpapa Lakota
  6. 11. 3rd President who bought the Louisiana Territory
  7. 13. Helped Lewis and Clark on their journey
  8. 15. Frontiersman, Militia Officer and Politician
  9. 16. Done by frontiersman and people sent by the government
  10. 17. Provided the Land necessary for the Transcontinental Railroad
  11. 18. Officially ended the Mexican American War
  12. 20. Indian Chief of the Lakota Sioux
Down
  1. 1. September 27, 1821
  2. 3. Extended the territory during the Mexican American War
  3. 8. Explored the acquired Louisiana Territory
  4. 9. Provided 160 acres of Federal Land to anyone who agreed to farm it
  5. 10. American frontiersman who blazed the Cumberland gap
  6. 12. March 2, 1836
  7. 14. Union Calvary officer, suffered defeat in the Battle of Little Bighorn
  8. 19. Rapid Increase of fortune seekers pouring into California