Westward expanision

4. a law passed by Congress in 1862 offering government loans and free land to the two companies building the Transcontinental Railroad
6. were created as the railroad was built
10. was a person settling on land in the early westprior to the official opening to settlement in order to gain the claim.
11. Horse The name given to the Transcontinental Railroad by Native Americans.
14. a long journey taken by cowboys to herd, or drive, cattle from the ranches in Texas north on trails leading to the railroads.
15. Enacted by Abraham Lincoln in 1862 that made available 160 acres of free farmland

1. a railroad that crosses an entire continent.
2. Nickname given to the first African American Cavalry regiments of the U.S. Army who served in the western U.S. during 1867-1896, fighting Native American Tribes on the frontier
3. Famous businessmen who during the expansion out west founded the R.W. Sears Watch Company, created the first- mail order catalog company which later become Sears Roebuck and Company
5. Famous cattle trail used to herd longhorns from San Antonio, Texas to Abilene, Kansas
7. used on the very last rail of the transcontinental railroad marking its completion.
8. young men mainly from Texas paid to herd and drive cattle north. Approximately ¼-⅓ all cowboys were Hispanic or African Americans
9. person who claimed land on the Great Plains under The Homestead Act
12. Former slave turned Cowboy. Famous for his skills of roping, and cattle herding.
13. a type of steel fencing with sharp points at various intervals. Invented by Joseph Gliden that resulted in closing the western frontier and ending the cattle drives and cowboy era.
16. a house built of strips of sod, laid like brickwork, and used especially by settlers on the Great Plains where timber was scarce.