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Exploring the West Crossword Puzzle   

Please complete the crossword puzzle below.

9                       8

 

4  

7                      

   

   

   

 

 

  10

   

1             2                

     

     

     

     

     

      5

     

3                                

   

6                          

 

Across:1. Lewis and Clark's team of about 40 people 3. This doubled the size of the United States 6. These men were hired to explore the land purchased in the Louisiana Purchase and the land in Oregon Country 7. France agreed to sell Louisiana to the United States because they were at war with this country and needed the money 9. An old Native American trail that helped the pioneers cross the Appalachians Down:2. One of the best known pioneers to cross the Appalachian Mountains 4. The leader of France during the time of the Louisiana Purchase 5. This country sold 800,000 square miles of land to the United States for $15 million 8. An early settler of an area 10. A Shoshone Native American woman that helped to guide Lewis and Clark