Sodbusters and Homesteaders Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 4. long periods without rain
  2. 6. settlers on prairies who had to cut through the thickly rooted grass (or sod) to build their homes and plant crops.
  3. 8. to be interesting or attractive to someone
Down
  1. 1. a system that directs water from a source to a place that needs it.
  2. 2. able to produce a large amount of something
  3. 3. settlers who had to build a home on their land within 6 months, and after 5 years of living there, the land was theirs.
  4. 5. a law that gave settlers 160 acres of land for the small fee of $18.
  5. 7. a method of farming where farmers conserve moisture in the soil during dry months.