Dust Bowl

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Across
  1. 2. A way to measure land area, it is equal to 4,840 square yards.
  2. 3. A long period of time with little to no rainfall, leading to a water shortage.
  3. 6. Destiny The idea that Americans not only had the right but also the duty to expand and settle the entire continent of North America.
Down
  1. 1. The act of both growing and harvesting crops and raising animals, or livestock.
  2. 4. Act Several laws that allowed American citizens to acquire ownership of a set amount of land if they moved out west. This encouraged people to move out west and explore the Great Plains.
  3. 5. Plains a term used to refer to a big chunk of land in the central United States. Some states include Kansas, Colorado, Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico.