Westward Expansion: retake

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Across
  1. 2. material that was used to make houses since wood was not readily available
  2. 5. This low cost material was readily available and helped close the west with the creation of fences
  3. 6. The belief that the United States was destined by go to gain territory from the Atlantic Ocean through to the Pacific Ocean.
  4. 7. a plot of public land available for settlement
  5. 8. a method of farming dry land in which seeds are planted deep into the ground to gain more moisture
  6. 9. A machine that would pull water from deep underground to help provide water for irrigation on the farms.
  7. 11. This animal population was decimated due to Westward Expansion
  8. 12. a mostly flat and grassy region of the Western North America
  9. 13. This railroad would connect the east and west coast of America
  10. 14. A person who is among the first to explore or settle an area.
  11. 15. Land that was set aside by the US government for indigenous Americans
  12. 16. who considered a vast amount of the land out west as "holy"
Down
  1. 1. A black American who migrated from the South to Kansas and Oklahoma for freedom
  2. 3. In the Great Plains soil was tough and rich. This was used to grow massive amounts of wheat.
  3. 4. A farm tool where the blade is now made of steel instead of wood and would help cut through the dry and difficult land.
  4. 7. 1862 law that would allow individuals to apply, pay a $10 fee and gain up to 160 acres of land as long as they lived on it for 5 years and improved it.
  5. 8. 1887 law that changed how indigenous Americans owned land. Land was divided into small plots.
  6. 10. This is the acronym used to remember why people went out west.
  7. 12. a period when large numbers of people went to places gold was discovered to try and "strike it rich".