Expanding Into The West

3. This was a policy which allowed settlers to get 160 acres of land for a low price on the ground that they improve the land in some way and they live on it for 5 or more years.
6. Towns left by miners after all the precious metals have been excavated.
7. These wars were a consequence of exploring and inhabiting the West.
10. This was started after the Fort Laramie and Fort Atkinson treaties.
13. This animal was hunted down from 15 million to 1000.
14. This natural event caused 2/3 of settlers to give back their land to the federal government.

1. Cowboys in Texas moved thousands of these across the Great Plains region.
2. The amount of money extracted off of gold and silver in Comstock Lode.
4. A name for the miners based on the year the mining rush began.
5. The Dawes Severalty Act tried to do this with the Indians in White society.
8. This president was fed up with Indian clashes so he made the "Peace Policy".
9. This party admitted ND, SD, MT, WY, ID, and WA to help them have a majority in Congress
11. These people often bought the best land therefore everyday settlers were left with dry and infertile land.
12. This battle was the last significant battle with the Indians.
15. This is the percentage of land Indians were pushed into.