Western Movement

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Across
  1. 4. Populist candidate who delivered the "Cross of Gold" speech.
  2. 8. Finished in Utah and connected East and West by rail.
  3. 11. The herding of cattle from Texas to Wyoming and Kansas.
  4. 14. Wrote "A Century of Dishonor."
  5. 16. Texans who drove cattle to the stockades.
  6. 18. Main source of resources to Plains Indians.
  7. 19. Used to make effective and cheap fences on the plains.
Down
  1. 1. Technique of farming using vast amounts of land.
  2. 2. Created to give Native Americans a "safe" place to live.
  3. 3. Extorted farmers by charging high prices for shipping their grain.
  4. 5. 1859 lode found in Nevada that sparked another gold rush.
  5. 6. American socialist party that had large support from western farmers.
  6. 7. Notorious western outlaw who was claimed to have killed 26 people.
  7. 9. Custer's last stand.
  8. 10. Town created quickly by gold rushes.
  9. 12. Indian chief whose family was killed by Mexicans.
  10. 13. Area of Sioux reservation where gold was discovered.
  11. 15. Number of different crops a typical western farmer planted.
  12. 17. Proposed policy that allowed exchange of silver bullion for silver coins at US Mints.
  13. 20. Farming technique that used frequent shallow cultivation.