Expansion

A puzzle on westward expansion

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Across

3. a canal running from Albany to Buffalo (2 Words)

5. God given right to expand westward (2 Words)

6. a trail the Mormons traveled for religious freedom (2 Words)

9. a 2,000 mile long trail ending in the Oregon territory (2 Words)

10. a western community that seamed to "form over night"

12. a purchase of land from France that doubled the size of the U.S. (2 Words)

13. political power belongs to the people (2 Words)

14. an important trade trail (3 Words)

15. the first national road (2 Words)

Down

1. an expedition that mapped the Louisiana Purchase (4 Words)

2. Spanish colonists in California

4. a law allowing voters in Kansas and Nebraska to choose slavery (3 Words)

7. brought California into the union as a free state (3 Words)

8. used pulses of electricity to send messages

11. a boom in California's economy due to the discovery of gold (2 Words)

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