(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.
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Traveled west to map new land routes for settlers to follow.
Explorers
Allowed for the construction of a southern route for transcontinental railroad.
Gadsden Purchase
a journey made from 1804 to 1806 by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to explore the territory gained in the Louisiana Purchase
Lewis and Clark Expedition
Fur traders and trappers. Established forts to trade furs and survive harsh winters.
Mountain Men
Traveled west to spread teachings and writings of Christianity. Mission eventually became boarding school
Missionaries
the belief that it was America’s right and duty to spread across the North American continent
manifest destiny
Ended the Mexican-American War in 1848
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
a land grant made by the Mexican government, used mostly for raising cattle and crops
rancho
a region of land; also, a region designated by Congress and organized under a governor
territory
an overland route that stretched about 2,000 miles from Independence, Missouri, to the Columbia River in Oregon
Oregon Trail
First Americans to settle in the Great Basin
Mormons
Settled a dispute between U.S. and England. Set border between U.S. and British North America at 49th parallel
Oregon Treaty
Final destination for Latter-day Saints (mormons)
Salt Lake City, Utah
to add a territory to a country
annex
Monroe paid $15 million for this and the U.S. doubled in size
Louisiana Purchase
Geographic feature that represents the eastern border of the Louisiana Territory
Mississippi River
Many unskilled young men who made the choice to move to the U.S. to find a better life.
Chinese
Wives and mothers moving west with families. Some were also hoping to increase social status.
Pioneer Women
the people who joined the rush for gold in California in 1849
forty-niners
Also known as the Florida Treaty. Defined the boundary between U.S. and New Spain
Adams-Onis Treaty
a person who moves from one country to another. Such a movement is called immigration.
immigrant
A challenge for many people who traveled to the West
Rocky Mountains
Became the 28th state in 1845. Mexican-American war broke out after this
Texas Annexation
Convert California Indians to Christianity. Credited with introducing famous crops to the region.
Californios
