Westward Expansion

3. During the gold rush, towns would spring up almost overnight at places where gold was discovered. San Francisco grew from 1,000 people to 30,000 in a very short time.
5. A person who used guns in the Old West. It could be an outlaw robbing people or the lawman who tried to stop him.
6. When certain prime areas of land were opened up for homesteading, people would race to claim the best plots.
8. A square piece of cloth that cowboys used to cover their face from dust or to keep the back of their neck from getting sunburned.
9. would have to drive a herd of cattle from the ranch to the market where they could be sold. This often took several days or weeks as they traveled from Texas to Kansas
11. Land set aside for Native Americans to live.
13. A home made from the trunks of trees. Typically, it had one room, a fireplace, and a dirt floor.

1. A person who does something first.
2. The edge of a country or land where few people live.
4. Railroad The railroad that stretched from the east coast of the United States to the west coast.
6. A large area of land that the United States purchased from France. It would someday make up all or part of 15 US states.
7. drive
10. train A group of covered wagons traveling to the west together. They traveled in groups for safety.
12. An untrained horse. Cowboys would often have to "bust" or train a bronco in order for it to take a rider.