Westward Movement

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Across
  1. 3. Demand for this skyrocketed after the Civil War
  2. 4. This group of people are greatly responsible for building the Transcontinental Railroad
  3. 8. This differed greatly between white settlers and Native Americans
  4. 11. Give up ones own culture for the dominant culture
  5. 12. Discovery of this in Colorado brought tens of thousands of settlers out west
  6. 13. Invented the steel plow
Down
  1. 1. Cattle ranchers that moved cattle to the railroads for slaughter
  2. 2. Mass produced the reaping machine
  3. 5. This act gave 160 acres to settlers wiling to move out west
  4. 6. Land set aside for Native Americans
  5. 7. Primary source of survival for Native Americans - completely destroyed
  6. 9. Knee Mass slaughter of Native Americans
  7. 10. These were rapidly growing after the Civil War
  8. 12. Plains Vast land between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains