Free Westward Expansion Word Search (Printable PDF + Answer Key)

A free westward expansion word search with 15 hidden words and the answer key on page two. It follows Americans heading west: LEWIS AND CLARK and the other EXPLORERS, PIONEERS and SETTLERS on the OREGON TRAIL in a WAGON TRAIN, the GOLD RUSH and the LAND RUSH, and the HOMESTEAD they built at the end of it.

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BOOMTOWNS, MINING, CATTLE, COWBOYS, RANCHERS and BUFFALO complete the list. It runs medium and suits students from about 9 up in an American history unit. More in the American history word searches and the California word searches.