Agriculture and the Great West

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Across
  1. 2. lack of currency in circulation, caused crop prices to drop
  2. 5. Highly profitable cattle ranching period
  3. 9. Crucial for transporting agriculteral goods
  4. 10. Patented by Joseph Glidden, to allow farmers to fence in property
  5. 11. A nickname for settlers on the Great Plains who had to break through thick, matted root systems
  6. 12. Techniques used in arid regions to save moisture in the soil
  7. 13. A group that sought to improve working conditions
  8. 14. High-interest debt used to buy land and farming equipment
  9. 15. Advancing line of American settlement
Down
  1. 1. The vast, arid region west of Mississippi
  2. 3. Used to pump water from deep underground for irrigation
  3. 4. Law providing 160 acres of free western land to citizens who agreed to cultivate it for 5 years
  4. 6. forced or voluntary process of Native Americans adopting white culture
  5. 7. Movement of cattle herds from Texas over trails
  6. 8. Water management Techniques