Westward Expansion

1. a Latin term meaning "before the war"
5. The land of the Cherokees was taken and they were sent away
9. gave average Georgian a chance to win land
12. selling lands in western Georgia to four different companies of land speculators (very unfair)
13. People rushed into Cherokee land when somebody found gold

1. the absorption and integration of people, ideas, or culture into a wider society or culture
2. Creek chief who signed Creek land to Americans with out his tribe's consent, later, Creek warriors killed him for this
3. Cherokee chief during the Trail of Tears
4. to give up power or territory
6. gave land grants to veterans
7. General of U.S. forces in Battle of Horseshoe Bend
8. Chief Justice of the US supreme court
10. Deceptive, fake
11. A more efficient way to remove seeds from cotton