Westward Expansion and Immigration

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Across
  1. 2. reason people left a country
  2. 5. big animal that Native Americans depended
  3. 8. unjustly inflicting or causing hardship
  4. 11. house made of grass and dirt
  5. 14. people who come to live permanently in foreign country
  6. 15. poor
  7. 16. place where Central railroad started
  8. 18. native americans being forced to abandon their lifestyle and way of living
Down
  1. 1. leader of Central Railroad
  2. 3. place where railroads met and golden spike was driven
  3. 4. nickname for settlers who acquired land under the homestead act
  4. 6. place where native Americans were forced to move
  5. 7. leader of the Union Pacific Railroad
  6. 9. nickname for African Americans who went west
  7. 10. non-so-nice name for Chinese workers on the railroad
  8. 12. president during building of railroad
  9. 13. these immigrants mainly came through Ellis Island
  10. 15. reason people came to a country
  11. 16. these immigrants mainly came through Angel Island
  12. 17. place where Union Pacific Railroad started