Across
- 11. A set of proposals adopted in 1890 by the National Farmers' Alliance, outlining key political reforms aimed at addressing the economic challenges faced by farmers during the late 19th century.
- 12. Mexican Cowboys that rounded up and raised cattle in Texas on a small scale.
- 13. The name that pioneers gave for the area between the Mississippi River and the Pacific Coast.
- 15. A type of fencing that homesteaders used to cut off access to the formerly open range.
- 17. An imaginary line running from the Dakotas to Texas that separated the wet East from the dry West.
- 19. A social and educational organization for farmers and their families.
- 20. Crops, such as tobacco, sugar, and cotton, raised in large quantities in order to be sold for profit, not eaten or used.
Down
- 1. A continuous rail line constructed between Omaha, Nebraska and San Francisco Bay, California.
- 2. Encouraged farming on the Great Plains by offering 160 acres of public land free to any family that settled on it for a period of 5 years.
- 3. Businesses owned and run by the farmers to save the costs charged by middlemen.
- 4. The vast populations of bison that once roamed the Great Plains of North America.
- 5. Due to lack of rainfall on the plains farmers developed this technique to conserve limited moisture during dry weather by reducing or even eliminating runoff and evaporation, thereby increasing soil absorption and retention of moisture.
- 6. Wholesalers and Retailers that took their cut before selling to customers.
- 7. The inventor of barbed wire.
- 8. Spanish cattle brought to America and domesticated by Mexicans.
- 9. A composition of systems, institutions, procedures, social relations or infrastructures whereby parties engage in exchange.
- 10. Laws that made it illegal for railroads to fix prices by means of pools and to give rebates to privileged customers.
- 14. Flat land which covers Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming.
- 16. A case where the Supreme Court upheld the right of a state to regulate businesses of a public nature, such as railroads.
- 18. An increase in the value of money in relation to available goods, causing prices to fall.