American West

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Across
  1. 5. What was the term for a member of the community taking law an order into their own hands?
  2. 7. What was the result of the cows becoming nervous on the cattle trail?
  3. 9. What did the railroads help fulfil?
  4. 10. Cattle were dying as the grass would not grow properly so beef stocks fell, what is this problem called?
  5. 11. What tribes hunting ground did the north pacific railroad cross?
  6. 12. Who set a good example to other ranchers on the Plains?
  7. 13. Their were changes in the nature of ranching from open range to ______
  8. 15. What war was in 1865?
  9. 20. Who built the first cow town?
  10. 24. Who was the first women in the west to be charged with horse theft?
  11. 25. Before people started developing a taste for meat, what did they prefer?
  12. 26. What was the term for moving around from place to place?
Down
  1. 1. What was the name of the first cow town?
  2. 2. What were often the boundaries between ranches
  3. 3. In 1890 what was the name of the medicine man who started a ghost dance?
  4. 4. What country did commercial countries trade with, with the assistance of the railroad?
  5. 6. Who was the 'king' of the cattlemen?
  6. 8. In 1862 what act was passed by congress?
  7. 10. Who was Charles Goodnight's partner?
  8. 14. What treaties were passed in 1851 and 1868?
  9. 16. What event meant that there was a need for cattle drives?
  10. 17. What act was passed in 1887, resulting in the Indians being able to be given land if they were ever to behave like white men?
  11. 18. What battle was in 1890?
  12. 19. What was a problem for all ranchers?
  13. 20. Who was the leader of the 'raiders' gang?
  14. 21. What did the Native Americans do to their enemies to handicap them in the next life?
  15. 22. Where on the body were the cows branded
  16. 23. What was limited to the Indians as a result of the railroads?