Westward Expansion Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. The ________ government overthrew the Spanish rule in the early 1800s
  2. 4. Realizing the economic value of this territory, the U.S. made treaties with ____ and Russia forcing them to give up their land claims
  3. 7. traveled to the Rocky Mountains
  4. 9. in 1835 _____ army tried to remove a cannon from the town of Gonzales
  5. 10. He was a skilled hunter, trapper, and guide
Down
  1. 1. One large group that traveled to the West in search of religious freedom
  2. 3. young army officer who got captured
  3. 5. The practice of having more than one wife
  4. 6. fur trading post at the mouth of the Columbia River
  5. 8. controlled a vast area of land in the southwest region of the United States