westward expansion
Across
- 2. where was promontory point
- 3. what was nat love famous for
- 5. what president passed the pacific railway act
- 9. used to mark the last rail of the transcontinental railroad
- 10. where the 2 railway companies met
- 11. what helped texas get out of poverty
- 14. a railroad that crosses an entire continent
Down
- 1. former slaves who became a cowboy
- 2. the railway company that started in omaha, nebraska
- 4. the soldiers not allowed to file for land
- 6. therailway company that started in sacremento, california
- 7. a house built of strips of sod
- 8. name given to the transcontinental railroad by the native americans
- 12. youngmen paid to herd and drive cattle north
- 13. were created to divide the continent into 4 different times