Westward Expansion Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 1. The place in northwestern Utah where the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads met on May 10, 1869, completing the transcontinental railroad.
  2. 3. Long, famous cattle trail that started in San Antonio, Texas and ended in Abilene, Kansas
  3. 4. The first African American Cavalry of the U.S. Army who served in the western U.S. during 1867-1896, fighting Native American Tribes on the frontier.
  4. 8. A railroad that crosses an entire continent
  5. 10. Abraham Lincoln in 1862 made available to give 160 acres of free farmland
  6. 12. Someone who claimed land during the Homestead Act.
  7. 15. Steel fencing made by African American Cavalry to keep cattle in.
Down
  1. 2. A law passed by Congress in 1862 offering loans, free land to the Union Pacific, Central Pacific.
  2. 5. Started from Sacramento California
  3. 6. Nicname given to the Transcontinental Railroad by Native Americans.
  4. 7. Former Slave who became a cowboy, famous for roping and cattle herding
  5. 9. Started from Omaha Nebraska
  6. 11. A journey taken by cowbodys to drive cattle from ranches
  7. 13. A house made out of sod which was a thick grass used if no timber
  8. 14. was a person settling on land in the early west, from free land