Westward Dreams

8. - Fur traders and trappers who traveled to the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Northwest in the early 1800s.
9. - Sioux leader who violently protested reservations.
10. - Plain farmers who did hard work of breaking up the sod earned this nickname
12. - The route from Independence, Missouri to Santa Fe, New Mexico.
13. - Mail delivery system in which messengers transported mail on horseback across the country.
15. - Areas of federal land set aside for Native Americans.
17. - Give up traditional ways and adopt the ways of a different group.
19. Dance - Religious movement predicting a paradise for Native Americans
20. - A new method of farming that shifted the focus away from water-dependent crops such as corn.
24. - The name given to the Great Plains during the years when they supported great herds of cattle.
25. - Name given to 1859 gold and silver discovery in western Nevada.

1. - The main route from the Mississippi River to the West Coast in the early 1800s.
2. - A decrease in the money supply and overall lower prices.
3. - Nickname given by Indians to African American Cavalry.
4. - A 300-mile forced march of Navajo captives to a reservation.
5. - Nez Perce Chief who fled to Canada before being forced to a reservation.
6. - Movement of cattle herds to market or new grazing lands.
7. - Towns that serviced new mines and emptied when the mines closed.
11. - An area that is undeveloped.
14. - A Shoshone who helped the Lewis and Clark expedition by naming plants and gathering edible fruits and vegetables for the group.
16. - African American migrants who had made a mass exodus, or departure from the South.
18. - System developed by railroad companies dividing the United States into four time zones.
21. - Members of a religious group, formerly known as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, who moved west during the 1830s and 1840s.
22. - Apache leader who continued to fight against the U.S. Army until 1886.
23. - Sioux leader who defeated Custer at Little Bighorn.