Westward Expansion in the Guilded Age

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Across
  1. 1. African Americans who migrated from the south to west, to escape oppression
  2. 5. A policy intended for assimilation that forced Native Americans onto individual plots of land
  3. 6. A federal law granting 160 acres of land to settlers who improved it over 5 years
  4. 8. The extreme edge of settled land, which was declared closed by the end of the 19th century
  5. 9. Federal legislation that distributed land to states for the creation of agricultural and technical colleges, supporting agricultural development in the west
  6. 10. The migration of people to the west in search for gold, silver, and other valuable minerals
Down
  1. 2. People that plowed through the tough soil of the great plains
  2. 3. The first railroad to span the continent
  3. 4. The process of herding cattle over long distances to railroad hubs for transportation to eastern markets
  4. 7. A political movement, popular among western farmers, advocating for the rights of the common people against the financial elites