Unit 3 Westward Expansion Puzzle

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Across
  1. 1. This type of fencing was invented due to the lack of trees in the Great Plains.
  2. 7. To adapt or integrate into the dominant culture (language, clothing, traditions, etc.)
  3. 12. Growing ______ was an adaptation used in the Great Plains because of its ability to grow well with little rain.
  4. 15. Lakota Sioux leader who resisted expansion by fighting at Little Bighorn.
  5. 16. This event marked the end of the Indian Wars after 150-300 Lakota perished at this site.
  6. 17. Land on which American Indians were forced to live on after removal from their land.
  7. 18. The _____________ Railroad helped move people, agriculture, and industry to the west.
  8. 20. New inventions & adaptations led to people seeing the Great Plains as a ________ territory to be settled.
  9. 22. Many of the people who helped construct the railroad were ____________ to the U.S.
  10. 23. Apache leader who launched raids against settlers.
  11. 24. Caused by wind and water, _________ is a feature of the Great Plains.
  12. 25. The Great Plains features ___________ rising from east to west.
Down
  1. 2. An invention which used wind to pump water from underground.
  2. 3. The ________ Act caused American Indians to lose their tribal land.
  3. 4. One of the reasons people went west was the opportunity of gaining ________ during the Gold Rush.
  4. 5. ________ Americans sought a better life by going west and escaping sharecropping.
  5. 6. Some people, (like a certain future president) went west for this reason.
  6. 8. The ______ plow was invented to break through the hard soil of the plains.
  7. 9. U.S. Cavalry leader who was defeated at Little Bighorn.
  8. 10. People adapted to the lack of timber and stones by living in these structures.
  9. 11. Leader of the Nez Perce, Chief ________ surrendered to save his people.
  10. 13. Americans first thought of the Great Plains as a ______________ wasteland.
  11. 14. This act gave land to families willing to move west and improve the land.
  12. 19. New ____________ like the steel plow and windmills allowed people to settle and farm in the west.
  13. 21. The Transcontinental Railway was completed on May 10, 1869 in _____________, Utah.