SS Vocab Puzzle
Across
- 2. self-appointed law keepers
- 4. a railroad line that spanned the continent
- 5. groups of farmers who pool their money together to make large purchases of tools, seed, and other supplies at a discount
- 9. a surface layer of earth in which the roots of grasses tangle with soil
- 10. settlers who acquired free land from the government
- 11. a fearless native leader and warrior
- 14. unfenced land
- 15. region dominated by the cattle industry and its ranches, trails, and cow towns
- 16. land set aside for Native Americans to live on
- 17. settlement at the end of a cattle trail
- 18. small sleds
Down
- 1. Democratic representative in the election of 1896, favorable candidate by Southern and Western farmers
- 3. Spanish word for cowhand or cowboy
- 6. general rise in prices
- 7. the herding and moving of cattle over long distances
- 8. cone-shaped tents made of buffalo skins
- 9. grants of land or money
- 11. people who snuck onto Oklahoma land during the land rush
- 12. group of farmers who met for lectures, sewing bees, and other events
- 13. plains farmers