Westward Expansion Review

3. Many families traveled in groups of wagons called __________.
6. After the demand for fur lessened, new settlers constisted mainly of _________.
7. The idea that the United States should extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans
9. Despite covering a large area, the northern parts of Mexico had a small _________.
11. In 1821, Mexico won its independence from ________.
12. Andrew ________ was elected president in 1828. He was a "common man."
14. In 1830, Andrew Jackson signed the Indian ______ Act into law.

1. Most wagon trains consisted of wagons called prairie ________.
2. On March 2, 1836, Texas declared its __________.
4. In 1835, 500 Texans took control of the _______.
5. Mexico's three conditions for free land: Become Mexican citizen, convert to ________, and don't own slaves.
6. The first European settlers to travel west were _______ who used American Indian trails and lived in the wilderness.
8. In 1845, led by Brigham _______, the Mormons set out on a route near the Oregon Trail.
10. While Texas was an independent country it was called the Lone Star ________.
13. The Mormons were founded by Joseph ______ in 1830.