Westward Expansion Quiz

1. A person who first settles a territory

2. A land grant made by the Mexican government used mostly for raising cattle and crops

3. To add a territory to a country

4. A journey made to explore the territory gained in the Louisiana Purchase

5. An economic system based on the private ownership of businesses

6. The people who joined the rush for gold in California

7. an overland route that stretched about 2,000 miles from Independence, Missouri to the Columbia River in Oregon

8. A person who moves rom one country to another

9. A region of land

10. The belief that it was America's right and duty to spread across the North American continent.