Westward Expansion - Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 4. Love Former slaves that are now cowboys
  2. 5. Famous cattle trail used to herd longhorn
  3. 7. A person sitting on land in the West prior to the official opening
  4. 9. Native Americans name for the Transcontinental Railroad
  5. 12. a long journey taken by cowboys to bring cattle from ranches to the railroads
  6. 13. A house handmade and was made out of mud and grass
  7. 14. Famous buisnessman that founded the R.W. Sears watch company
Down
  1. 1. Railroad that crosses an entire continent
  2. 2. Nickname given to the first African American Cavalry regiments of the U.S.
  3. 3. Final marking completing the Railroad
  4. 6. The act that Abraham Lincoln passed giving 160 acres of free land
  5. 8. Young men from Texas paid to herd and drive cattle North
  6. 10. A person who claimed land on the Great Plains under The Homestead Act of 1862
  7. 11. a type of steel fencing with sharp points