Western Expanison Crossword

a person who creates a new path, usually to make a home or start a settlement
the territory purchased from France in 1803, reaching from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and from the Gulf of Mexico to Canada
land beyond a settled area, usually wilderness
the official song of a country
a declaration by President Monroe in 1823 that opposed European interference and colonization in the Western Hemisphere
the period of peace and prosperity that followed the War of 1812
the law passed in 1830 forcing American Indians living in the southeast to move to present-day Oklahoma
the forced march of 15,000 Cherokee in 1838 from Georgia to Indian Territory in present-day Oklahoma
fur trappers of the western mountains in the 1800s who helped explore and settle Oregon Country
a large group of wagons traveling west together for safety
rush of people to an area where gold has been discovered
a person who arrived in California in 1849 in search of gold
the grand idea that the U.S. should extend “from sea to shining sea,” encompassing all lands from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean
a war between the U.S. and Mexico from 1846-1848 where the U.S. gained Mexican territory
treaty signed in 1848 ending the Mexican- American War