Settling the West

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Across
  1. 2. any citizen could receive up to 160 acres of government land
  2. 7. the process of making a person adopt the American culture
  3. 9. the process of adapting or adjusting to the dominant culture
  4. 10. the idea that it was God’s will to have Americans move westward
  5. 11. a former slave from the South that left to Kansas
Down
  1. 1. a new technology made from steel that contributed to the closing of the open range
  2. 3. a railroad line linking the Atlantic and Pacific coasts
  3. 4. prosperous beef business that was stimulated by the railroads
  4. 5. a house built of mud and grass
  5. 6. the law that attempted to assimilate the Native American
  6. 8. the movement of cattle from the south to north 5,000 to 10,000 cattle