Across
- 2. a small town that pops up where ever gold is found.
- 5. a large group of people that are native to the land were new people were settling.
- 6. belief that the expansion of the US was both justified and inevitable.
- 7. a large closed horse-drawn vehicle formerly used to carry passengers.
- 9. people rushed to California to find an expensive metal.
- 10. a town that is abandoned after all the gold in the area runs out.
Down
- 1. a large range of mountains that stretch from new mexico to Montana
- 3. a very long and challenging trail pioneers took to get to the west.
- 4. wire with clusters of short,sharp spikes, used to make fences or keep other cattle off farming land.
- 8. a person that helps on ranches and herding cattle.
