Westward Expansion

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Across
  1. 5. Spain gave Florida to the U.S. and the U.S gave up its claim to Texas.
  2. 7. was a sovereign state in North America
  3. 8. the region in the modern-day southwestern United States that Mexico ceded to the U.S.
  4. 9. religious group that embrace concepts of Christianity
  5. 10. Brought an official end to the Mexican-American War
  6. 12. Purchase provided the land necessary for a southern transcontinental railroad
  7. 13. A significant push toward the west coast of North America
  8. 14. reasons one has for acting or behaving in a particular way.
  9. 16. movement of people to a newly discovered goldfield.
  10. 17. a rebellion of colonists from the United States putting up armed resistance to the government of Mexico
Down
  1. 1. a person who migrated to California in the year 1849 to search for gold.
  2. 2. to expand its territory west to the Pacific Ocean.
  3. 3. Was an armed conflict between the United States and Mexico
  4. 4. A person who moves with a group of others to live in a new country or area.
  5. 6. not occupied or lived in by people.
  6. 11. The act of obtaining money, possessions, or land.
  7. 15. land which is controlled by a particular country or ruler