Across
- 3. land west of the Mississippi
- 4. document that ended War of 1812
- 6. changes made within a place or thing to make it better
- 9. NC's first attempt at a public school system
- 10. worked to awaken NC by making internal improvements
- 11. site of gold find in CA that brought 300,000 starting in 1848
- 13. site of first documented gold find in the US (NC)
- 14. belief that the US would expand west
- 15. 1803 real estate transaction in which the US bought land from France for 15 million dollars
- 17. Patriotism
- 18. toward the west
- 19. law passed in 1830 under president Andrew Jackson that allowed US government to relocate Native American tribes
Down
- 1. laws each state can make; not federal governments
- 2. to increase the size of something
- 5. nickname for NC because it was slow to move forward
- 7. conflict that started over the annexation of Texas (1845-1848)
- 8. towns that were built fast because of the CA gold rush
- 12. the route Native American tribes were forced to take that led to reservations
- 16. two and a half year conflict between America and Britain over trade restrictions, June 1812-February 1815