Chapter 17 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 5. Small sleds
  2. 6. Plains farmers
  3. 7. The region dominated by the cattle industry and its ranches, trails and cow towns
  4. 12. Settlement at the end of a cattle trail
  5. 14. Cone-shaped tents made of buffalo skins
  6. 15. General rise in prices
  7. 17. Groups of farmers who pool money to make large purchases of tools, seed and other supplies as a discount
  8. 19. Groups of farmers who met for lectures, sewing bees, and other events
  9. 20. Land set aside for Native Americans to live on
Down
  1. 1. Settlers who acquired free land from the government
  2. 2. Grants of land or money
  3. 3. Known as the "Great Composer" and ran in the election of 1896
  4. 4. People that are waiting to take the best land
  5. 8. Unfenced land
  6. 9. A railroad line that spans a continent
  7. 10. Native American leader
  8. 11. The Spanish word for cowhand or cowboy
  9. 13. Surface layer of earth in which the roots of grasses tangle with soil
  10. 16. Self appointed law keeper
  11. 18. The herding and moving of cattle over long distances