U.S. History- West Project
Across
- 4. What crop was oftenly planted in the West?
- 5. The railroads (increased/decreased)the cattle business.
- 6. Was viewed as land of opportunities and legend.
- 9. Cowboys wore a ___ as protection from the sun.
- 10. invention that evolved ranching
- 12. After the Civil War about 1/5 of U.S. troops were _______.
- 13. What was the trademark of the West in the 18th century?
- 15. Workers from _____ immigrated to find work on the railroad.
- 17. Native Americans were confined into _______.
- 18. ______ farmland became hard to find after 1890.
- 19. Most of the soldiers of the 9th and 10th Calvary were _______.
Down
- 1. animal used to travel/ranch easier
- 2. In 1890 the Frontier was _____.
- 3. The 2 words John O’Sullivan used to explain the expansion of the U.S.
- 7. What people invented cattle raising?
- 8. Work days lasted how many hours?
- 11. Joseph McCoy made a path called the _____ Trail
- 14. What fences were made before barbed wire but broke easily?
- 16. What was a fear that could result in lost of cattle and cowboys?
- 17. The completion of the _____ caused more people to move West.