Westward Expansion Crossword

The territory sold by France to the United States in 1803
The expedition, called the corps of discovery , was president Thomas Jefferson's visionary project to explore the American West
A route across the central and western United States used especially from 1840 until 1860
In March 1836, in the midst of armed conflict with the Mexican government, Texas declared its independence from Mexico
A war fought between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848
Began on January24, 1846 when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma
A law passed in the 1860s that offered uo to 160 acres of public land to any head of a family who paid a registration fee, lived on the land for five years, and cultivated it or built on it
An agreement between the United States amd Mexico, finalized in 1854, in which the United States agreed to pay Mexico $10 million for a 19,670 square mile portion of Mexico
Delcared its independence from Mexico during the Texas Revolution in 1836
The communites that grew suddenly when a mine opened
Where most Native Americans were forced to live because of manifest destint
Herded large groups of cattle and took them on trips to market, ect.
A group in the west that tried to reduce cost of farming by buying in bulk for members
A huge deposit of natural gold and silver located in western Nevada
The movement of the Navajos over 300 miles of desert to a reservation
Important Native American chief at this time
Led the 7th calvary against the Native Americans in the Battle of little Bighorn
The competition between Central Pacific and the Union Pacific Railways
Where the Union and cental Pacific Railroad lines were connected in 1869
Carried out the government plans to build the transcontinental railroad