Unit 11: Tensions in the West

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Across
  1. 2. This group of people were negatively impacted by the railroad
  2. 6. This job prepared the land for construction
  3. 7. Most railroad workers were _______ coming to America for the first time
  4. 9. The ______ Pacific started in San Fransisco and built Eastward
  5. 10. The _____ Act gave farmers 160 acres of land out West
  6. 11. This branch of government gave out free land to companies
  7. 15. This was the most important resource for most Native Americans on the Great Plains
  8. 19. The Indian ______ Act allowed the US government to force Native people off their land
  9. 20. This job placed wooden frames and rails into place
  10. 23. The US government rarely kept the ________ they made to Native American people
  11. 25. This job studied the land to find good places to build
Down
  1. 1. The _________ Railroad was the biggest construction project at the time
  2. 3. Lincoln designed the Railway Act to increase _____ between the companies
  3. 4. This job nailed the iron rails into the wooden frames
  4. 5. The Transcontinental Railroad was built across this region of America
  5. 8. The small pieces of land the US government forced Native Americans onto
  6. 12. Mostly white farm families who "set" out West to find new land and opportunity
  7. 13. The Transcontinental _______ was designed to connect the US from coast to coast
  8. 14. Mining towns that "popped up" overnight
  9. 16. The _____ Pacific started in Omaha and built Westward
  10. 17. This precious mineral was discovered in California
  11. 18. Most Homesteaders worked as _________ on the land they recieved
  12. 21. Most Asian immigrants coming to America to work on the railroad were from this country
  13. 22. The Transcontinental Railroad kickstarted the American _______
  14. 24. Both companies worked hard to earn more ________