Settling the Great Plains

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Across
  1. 4. Neatly cuts and binds sheaves of grain at Harvest time
  2. 6. What did the Plains offer the Settler
  3. 7. African Americans who headed west became __________
  4. 10. Henry Adams and Benjamin Singleton helped organize what
  5. 12. What is another name for the Great Plains
  6. 13. By the look and smell of the rich soil, what did the settlers think would thrive in this land
  7. 14. What was the name of the town where about 700 black settlers came from Kentucky
  8. 16. the unusual amount of ________ helped crops flourish
  9. 17. invented in 1837, made it easier to cut through prairie sod
  10. 19. What did they call the houses
Down
  1. 1. Was when nearly 50,000 people lined up at the Oklahoma Border line
  2. 2. Who formed New communities and bought Farmland after they came to Kansas
  3. 3. Worked as cowboys in Texas
  4. 5. Was when they would plant every other year in a field to preserve soil moisture
  5. 8. What destroyed all of the crops
  6. 9. What did they replace their dugouts and Soddies when farmers could afford lumber
  7. 11. The Great Plains region typically had a ______ climate
  8. 15. Who became known as exodusters
  9. 18. Pumped water from deep wells for household use and irrigation