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Trails and Territories of Westward Expansion
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Across
  • 1. Mass movement westward sparked by valuable mineral discovery
  • 2. To move from one region to another, often for new opportunities
  • 5. Route settlers traveled across the continent instead of by sea
  • 9. Person who raised livestock on open ranges in the West
  • 10. Religious group that migrated west to Utah for freedom
Down
  • 3. Primary vehicle used by settlers traveling the Oregon Trail
  • 4. A type of fortification used by settlers for protection
  • 6. The physical features of the land settlers encountered
  • 7. Legal right to land granted to settlers under government acts
  • 8. Early settler moving west to claim land
  • 11. Machinery that revolutionized farming during expansion
  • 12. The number of acres promised in a famous land act

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