Manifest Destiny Crossword Puzzle

About the Manifest Destiny Crossword Puzzle

This puzzle covers Manifest Destiny, the nineteenth-century belief that the United States was meant to expand across the continent. Find terms such as Oregon Trail, Louisiana Purchase, Texas Annexation, and Indian Removal. The word list includes routes, territories, political ideas, and key figures, with context for students and readers exploring U.S. history and the consequences of expansion.

This crossword draws on 39 clues about Manifest Destiny. Each grid uses a different handful and fits them together a new way, so press New puzzle for another whenever you finish. The answers are in the answer key when you print, and behind the Reveal button when you play.

Sample clues

• •Northern territory purchased from Russia (6 letters)
• •Pacific state transformed by an 1849 gold rush (10 letters)
• •Peninsula ceded by Spain under an 1819 treaty (7 letters)
• •Northwestern state named for a supposed Shoshone word (5 letters)
• •Editor who coined a famous phrase for continental expansion (13 letters)
• •Northeastern state admitted in 1820 (5 letters)
• •Silver-rich state admitted during the Civil War (6 letters)
• •Early travelers who settled new regions (8 letters)

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