American Expansion Crossword Puzzle

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Across

2. friction or unhappiness
4. produced mechanical reapers
10. 1st Illinois Territorial Governor
11. small battle
12. a great benefit
13. Indian village destroyed in 1780
18. run out of money
20. to speak in favor of
21. elimination
22. fort at site of present day Chicago
23. immigrants that came to Illinois to help build the Illinois-Michigan Canal
24. Illinois was part of this territory
26. Black Haitian who established trading post on Chicago River
27. second city to be State Capital of Illinois
30. Lincoln's party when elected to Illinois House of Representatives
31. people who came from another area
33. seat of Logan County
36. number of terms Lincoln served in Illinois House
37. Mormon Leader who ran for President
39. Chief Engineer of Illinois-Michigan Canal
40. Elijah __________: newspaper editor killed for opposing slavery

Down

1. person who moves to another region
3. Indians who traveled the "Trail of Tears"
4. religious group that established Nauvoo
5. first city to be State Capital of Illinois
6. Indians who fought the Americans in Revolutionary War
7. fort on Lake Peoria destroyed by Potawatomi in 1819
8. a large flow into an area
9. made a pledge
11. Lincoln's first law partner
14. Circuit Court where Lincoln practiced law
15. unhealthy conditions
16. Sauk Indian who led fight against Americans
17. developed the steel plow
19. Indians who attacked Fort Dearborn
21. to add territory
25. Mrs. Lincoln's maiden name
28. county location of Lincoln Log Cabin Historic Site
29. Illinois' first Lieutenant Governor
32. largest city in Illinois in 1850's
34. known as one of Illinois's greatest lawyers
35. Illinois' first state Governor
38. number of terms Lincoln served in US House of Representatives

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