Western Frontier Choice Board

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Across
  1. 7. Major cattle route from San Antonio Texas through Oklahoma to Kansas.
  2. 10. Animal that was popular among ranchers in the west, sturdy, short tempered, and accustomed to the grasslands.
  3. 12. Republican presidential nominee.
  4. 13. Act intended to "Americanize" the Native Americans. It broke up reservations and gave 160 acres of land to Native couples, and gave 80 acres of land to Native American adults.
  5. 14. Battle where the seventh cavalry regiment rounded up and killed over 300 Native Americans, including women and children. It ended the Indian wars.
  6. 15. Colonel who reported the Black Hill had gold "From the grass roots down"
  7. 18. Small, freestanding houses made of prairie turf.
  8. 20. The overland transport, moved animals for about 3 months. Cowboys were paid to transport the cattle.
  9. 22. Former Nebraska congressman who delivered the speech "Cross of Gold"
  10. 23. The Sioux agreed to live on a reservation along the Missouri river
Down
  1. 1. Monetary system like bimetallism, but without silver, only using gold to back paper currency and checks. Promoted by President Cleveland
  2. 2. Groups that sympathized with farmers and tried to pass legislation that would help farmers, and educate people on how to help farmers.
  3. 3. The movement of the people.
  4. 4. The grassland extending through the west-central portion of the United States
  5. 5. Enormous single crop spreads of 15000-50000 acres.
  6. 6. Gave federal land to the states to help finance agricultural colleges.
  7. 8. Offered 160 acres of land to anyone who was or was going to become a US citizen who moved to the west as an incentive to populate the west.
  8. 9. Founder of the Patrons of Husbandry, an organization that later became known as The Grange.
  9. 11. Leader of the Hunkpapa Sioux who never signed the treaty of Fort Laramie
  10. 16. African-Americans who moved from the post-reconstruction South to Kansas.
  11. 17. Organization that intended to provide a social outlet and educational forum for isolated farm families.
  12. 19. A monetary system where the government would give citizens gold and silver in exchange for paper currency or checks.
  13. 21. Plan for Native Americans to give up their culture and beliefs to merge into the settlers societies and culture.