Across
- 2. Settlers found it to be their duty to bring religion and education to the frontier, inspired by what event?
- 3. The thinker behind the proposed Missouri Compromise
- 5. This state wanted to join the Union as a free state in 1819.
- 7. This simple machine made the process of de-seeding cotton easier, leading to a revival of slavery in the South
- 8. This group of people took a shortcut to get to California, but got stuck in the mountains for 5 months with nothing to eat (the ___________ party).
- 9. This state wanted to join the Union as a slave state in 1819.
- 14. Gold and quartz were found in this mountain range
- 16. This location is where Mexican troops surrounded revolutionaries in a mission in San Antonio.
- 17. This became a new cash crop in the South.
- 18. The clear and undeniable belief that the United States had the God-given right to expand across North America
- 19. The line of latitude used to determine if a new state was a Slave State or a Free State.
Down
- 1. some people moved west just because they wanted to seek thrill and adventure, especially a man named _______________.
- 4. What event led people from all over the world to seek the ability to get rich quick?
- 6. This act, passed by Congress, allowed people to move out west and claim free land for themselves.
- 10. This region fought in the Mexican Civil War to gain its independence..
- 11. These people from all over the world began moving to the United States, fleeing political issues, low wages, high taxes, lack of jobs, religious persecution, and famine.
- 12. What is Mr. Hallam's favorite movie in the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy?
- 13. Many Americans moved west because there were fertile lands to grow crops in this location.
- 14. This invention made trade easier because it could move goods both up and down stream in the Mississippi River.
- 15. This type of bear was a threat to settlers as they crossed through the Rocky Mountains.