Settlement of the West Key Terms & I.D.'s

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Across
  1. 2. legislation to assimilate Indians.
  2. 4. vast grassland area in the central U.S.
  3. 6. settler on the Great Plains.
  4. 7. silver discovery in Nevada.
  5. 9. dance performed by the Plains Indians.
  6. 10. planting seeds deep to reach water.
  7. 12. invention that ended the open range.
  8. 15. vast area of land owned by the government.
  9. 16. legislation passed to give federal land to colleges.
  10. 17. U.S. general defeated at Little Bighorn.
  11. 19. to bring someone in to your way of living.
  12. 20. money paid in regular intervals to Indians on reservations.
  13. 21. famous cattle drive trail.
Down
  1. 1. main crop grown on the Great Plains.
  2. 3. tract of land on a reservation.
  3. 5. federal legislation to give free land to settlers.
  4. 8. route taken to get cattle to market.
  5. 11. Argentine cowboy.
  6. 12. big, profitable farm on the Great Plains.
  7. 13. form of mining done on the surface.
  8. 14. form of mining using machinery.
  9. 16. stray, unbranded cow.
  10. 18. conflicts between ranchers competing for land.
  11. 22. type of cattle from Texas.