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Across
  1. 3. a "battle" where US soldiers killed 300 unarmed soldiers
  2. 5. connected the east and west coast of the US
  3. 8. the point where the transcontinental railroad connects
  4. 9. mining, farming, cattle
  5. 11. railroad that headed west
  6. 12. looking for gold and silver
  7. 14. assimilated the native americans
  8. 15. houses made from whatever western settlers could find
Down
  1. 1. moved cows back to where they needed to be
  2. 2. came to the US west coast, paid 1/3 of european workers
  3. 4. claim 160 acres of land at 21 and farm it for 5 years then its yours
  4. 6. wanted to improve southern economy
  5. 7. railroad that headed to the east
  6. 10. fled west to escape racism
  7. 13. happened after the civil war ended in 1877