Westward Expansion Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 4. The mission at which the Texan revolutionaries made a stand against the Mexican Army in their fight for independence
  2. 6. Exploration of the Northwest, covering Idaho, Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, and Utah
  3. 9. The railroad built to connect the Eastern and Western coasts of the United States
  4. 10. An expedition to explore much of the territories of Mexico through Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico and Texas
  5. 12. The war fought between the United States and Mexico that resulted in much of Mexico's territory becoming part of the U.S.
  6. 14. The small chunk of land later purchased from Mexico by the U.S.
  7. 15. The offshoot from the Oregon Trail used by the Mormons to settle Salt Lake City, Utah
  8. 16. The 300-mile trail running from Philadelphia, PA to Lexington, KY that breached the Appalachian Mountains for the first time
  9. 17. Rugged individuals who lived in the wilderness and worked as traders, trappers, and guides
  10. 18. A burst of settlement in California after gold was discovered in 1848
  11. 19. The military settlements established by the first Spanish settlers across the Southwest region of North America
  12. 20. A decisive military engagement between Texan revolutionaries and the Mexican Army which resulted in the establishment of the Republic of Texas
  13. 21. The civilian settlements established by the first Spanish settlers across the Southwest region of North America
  14. 22. An invention that allowed for rapid electric communication using tapping patterns like Morse Code
  15. 23. The name given to the territory gained by the U.S. from the Mexican-American War
Down
  1. 1. The path running North-South through Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas
  2. 2. The most well-known route for settlers looking to reach the Northwest region
  3. 3. The religious settlements established by the first Spanish settlers across the Southwest region of North America
  4. 5. A transnational mail service running from Missouri to California in the 1860s
  5. 7. The path taken by the Corps of Discovery to find a water route to the Pacific
  6. 8. The path taken by settlers who got trapped in the Sierra Nevada Mountains and had to resort to cannibalism to survive
  7. 11. The treaty that ended the Mexican-American War
  8. 13. A separation from the Oregon Trail to reach New Mexico from the North