Westward Expansion Vocabulary Quiz Crossword
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
 
 
Down: 2) an area of land set aside by the United States government for Native Americans to live on4) the first people from a particular group to move to a new place and begin living there; in the 1800s, the settlers who moved to the West were pioneers6) a compromise in Congress that allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state and Maine to enter as a free state; it also banned any slave states north of a line even with Missouri’s southern border7) the United State’s purchase of the Louisiana territory from France in 18038) across the continent; the transcontinental railroad stretched across the continent of North America 9) the expedition sent by President Thomas Jefferson, and led by Lewis & Clark, to explore the newly purchased Louisiana territory12) “Obvious Fate”; in the 1800s, many Americans believed that it was natural and right for the United State to expand westward to the Pacific Ocean14) an agreement between individuals or groups of people settling what each shall give and take in order to get what they desire Across: 1) a movement of people from one country or area of the world to a new home in another country or area3) gaining ownership of land5) being moved from one location to another; Native American nations were displaced by the U.S. government 10) large regions of land; within the United States territories often refers to the areas that have not yet been organized as states11) the act or process of expanding the nation; the United States expanded its land ownership with the Louisiana Purchase13) different from each other in terms of ideas and ways of life15) 1- a large body of people associated with a particular territory 2- a member tribe of an American Indian Confederation 16) supplies to help complete a task; resources needed for an expedition include books, maps, food, clothing, shelter, medical supplies, and transportation 17) a person who studies or is an expert in natural history like a zoologist (animals) or botanist(plants)18) a journey for a specific purpose, such as exploration19) a person’s ideas or opinions based on the facts known by them to be true20) to deal or bargain (see above definition) with an individual or group, as in the preparation of a treaty or contract
 

 

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