Adv SS Mod 11 Vocab

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Across
  1. 2. federal law Congress passed, gave land to western states to encourage building colleges
  2. 5. African American soldiers who served in the cavalry during the wars for the west
  3. 8. American merchant, created the American Fur Company
  4. 11. long journey where cowboys herded cattle to northern markets or better grazing lands
  5. 12. fur trappers/traders hired by eastern companies Rocky Mountains and other western US regions
  6. 16. members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
  7. 17. an early famous long hunter, led expedition across the Appalachian Mountains in 1769
  8. 18. decrease in money supply and overall lower prices
  9. 21. political party formed 1892, supported free coinage, work reforms, immigration restrictions, government ownership of railroads and telephones
  10. 22. established by Jesse Chisholm in late 1860s for cattle drives, trail from San Antonio TX, to Abilene KS
  11. 25. founder of Chico CA, supported social causes like women's suffrage with her power
  12. 27. an undeveloped area
  13. 28. Nez Perce group leader, resisted removal to Idaho area
  14. 29. Chiricahua Apache band leader, raided AZ-Mexico many years without getting captured
  15. 30. young army officer, sent to find starting point of the Red River
  16. 31. to give up traditional ways in favor of mainstream practices
  17. 32. Lakota Sioux leader, protested against US demands for the Dakotas
  18. 33. Oglala Sioux chief, led a group to ambush cavalry troops building forts on Sioux land
  19. 35. in 1804, an expedition led by Lewis and Clark to explore the new land
  20. 37. religious movement among Native Americans, spread across the Plains in 1880s
  21. 38. Lieutenant Colonel, his soldiers discovered gold in the Black Hills
  22. 40. name given to Plains farmers who worked hard to break up tough sod
  23. 41. agreement between US government and southern Plains Indians, Indians agreed to move to reservations
  24. 42. social and educational organization for farmers
  25. 43. explorer, led an expedition to the Rocky Mountains in 1842
  26. 45. Lieutenant, chosen by Lewis to co-lead a western expedition in 1803
  27. 46. legislation passed by Congress in 1887, divided Indian reservations to individual Indians, promised citizenship
  28. 47. Paiute Indian, called for reform of the reservation system in 1870s
  29. 48. from NE, political candidate backed by farmers in late 1870s
Down
  1. 1. head of Mormon Church after Joseph Smith's murder, changing their location to Utah
  2. 3. railroad system that crossed the continental US, construction began 1863
  3. 4. former army captain chosen by Jefferson to lead an exploration of the West
  4. 6. method of farming used by Plains farmers in 1890s, shifted focus to crops that don't need a lot of water
  5. 7. Shoshone from Rocky Mountains, joined second expedition to the west in 1805
  6. 9. system of messengers, carried mail between relay stations on route 2,000-mile route in 1860-61
  7. 10. US Army killed approximately 150 Sioux at Wounded Knee Creek in, ended US-Indian wars on Plains
  8. 13. “Custer’s Last Stand”; battle between U.S. soldiers led by Custer, and Sioux warriors led by Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull, US Army badly defeated
  9. 14. Nevada gold and silver mine discovered by Henry Comstock in 1859
  10. 15. 300-mile Navajo captives' march to a reservation in Bosque Redondo NM, led to the hundreds of Navajo deaths
  11. 19. purchase of land between Mississippi River and Rocky Mountains, doubled US size
  12. 20. treaty signed in WY, 1851, by US and northern Plains nations reservations
  13. 23. law Congress passed to encourage western settlement, gave government-owned land to small farmers
  14. 24. an area of the Great Plains on which many ranchers raised cattle in the late 1800s
  15. 26. system set up by railroad companies, divided the country into four time zones
  16. 34. African Americans who settled western lands in the late 1800s
  17. 36. Western communities that grew quickly during mining boom, slowed after boom ended
  18. 39. important trade trail west from Independence MO, to Santa Fe NM
  19. 44. 2,000-mile trail going through Great Plains; western Missouri to Oregon Territory