Westward Expansion Review puzzle

4. a person who moves to a new area to live permanently
7. camp a temporary settlement where miners lived during the Gold Rush
8. a person who searches for valuable minerals like gold
11. a mass migration of people to California after gold was discovered in 1848
13. the edge of settled land that continued to move westward
16. a famous rock formation used as a landmark on the Oregon Trail
17. Laramie a key stopping point for pioneers traveling west
18. a landmark used by pioneers traveling west on the Oregon Trail
20. the act of increasing territory or size
22. a major route used by settlers traveling west to Oregon
23. land gained by the United States from Mexico after the Mexican-American War
26. land bought from Mexico in 1853 to complete a southern railroad route
27. the belief that the United States was destined to expand across the North American continent
28. a major mountain range that settlers had to cross traveling west
29. the act of adding land to a country

1. a town that grew very quickly due to economic opportunity
2. the agreement that ended the Mexican-American War and gave land to the United States
3. the 1803 land deal in which the United States bought a large territory from France
5. a group of wagons traveling together for safety
6. a key animal for Plains Indians used for food, clothing, and shelter
8. a person who is among the first to explore or settle a new area
9. traveling across land, often long distances by wagon
10. a route used by settlers traveling west to California
12. a trade route connecting Missouri to Santa Fe in present-day New Mexico
14. a region of land governed by the United States but not yet a state
15. a large region of flat land in the central United States
19. people who rushed to California in 1849 for the Gold Rush
21. a town that was abandoned after resources were gone
24. land set aside by the government for Native Americans
25. a piece of land where a miner could search for gold