Unit 1, Chapter 3 Crossword Puzzle

2. the state of being extremely poor.
3. a town undergoing rapid growth due to sudden prosperity.
5. information that was created later by someone who did not experience first-hand.
7. an african american cavalry soldier.
10. provided that any adult citizen, or intended citizen, who had never borne arms against the u.s. government could claim 160 acres of surveyed government land.
12. a deserted town with few or no remaining inhabitants.
13. unfenced, public land not belonging to anyone.
14. clashes of resistance between natives and settlers.
16. something that attracts people to a place or an activity.

1. a first-hand or contemporary account of an event or topic.
4. a law that let the federal government divide native american reservations into smaller pieces and give the land to individual native americans.
6. something that makes people want to leave a place or escape from a particular situation.
8. inferior, low grade land or land of little use value.
9. to treat that person differently, or less favorably, for some reason.
11. the region dominated by the cattle industry and its ranches, trails, and cow towns.
15. a mixed ethnic community area where multiple cultural traditions exist.