westward exspansion

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Across
  1. 8. a rail road that crosses a continent.
  2. 10. name for African American pioneers who moved to the great plains after the civil war.
Down
  1. 1. early settler of a region.
  2. 2. people who search for gold.
  3. 3. a law signed in 1862 offering free land to people.
  4. 4. Very young men hired to guide herds of cattle.
  5. 5. cattle owners who hired cowboys to drive the herd
  6. 6. Invented by Joseph Glidden in 1874 to keep animals away from his crops.
  7. 7. Great plain farmers of the late 1800s who had to cut through sod.
  8. 9. sudden movement of many people. where gold has been found.