Westward Expansion

6. A type of steel fencing with sharp points at various intervals.
7. Where the two railroads met on May 10th 1869.
8. company that had hired Chinese men to work for them.
10. A law passed by Congress in 1862 offering government loans and free land to the two companies.
12. Person who claimed land in the Homestead Act.
14. Homes made of mud and grass.
15. Famous cattle trail used to herd longhorns

1. A railroad that crosses and entire continent.
2. Young men from Texas paid to herd and drive cattle north. 1/3 of them were African American or Latino.
3. Company that had hired Irish, Italian, and German men to work for them.
4. Enacted by Abraham Lincoln in 1862 that made available 160 acres of free farmland to specific adult men and women and young children.
5. Former slave tuned Cowboy. Famous for his skille=s of roping, and cattle herding.
9. What the Native Americans called the Transcontinental Railroad
11. A long Journey taken by cowboys to herd, or drive, cattle from the ranches in Texas to Abilene, Kansas
13. a person setting on land in the early west prior to the official opening to settlement.