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