Across
- 4. railroad that stretches across a continent
- 7. drive a long journey on which cowboys guided cattle to market
- 8. farming a method of farming that conserves moisture in soil during dry weather
- 9. A person who migrated to the West to take advantage of the Homestead Act; a settler or pioneer.
- 10. a long period without rain
Down
- 1. Destiny the belief that the United States had a right to add territory until it reached the Pacific Ocean
- 2. a person who settles a new place before others
- 3. a law passed in 1862, in which the U.S. federal government promised settlers 160 acres of land for a fee of $18, if they built a home and lived there 5 years
- 5. a method of moving water from a source to where it is needed, such as for watering crops
- 6. the quick movement of people to a place where gold has been discovered