Across
- 1. Someone who buys and sells land, trying to make a profit
- 3. he was known as the "Empire Builder"
- 4. An area of market activity in which people buy and sell goods and services
- 7. a law that provided up to 160 acres of land to settlers who would live on it and farm it for 5 years
- 8. travel by these helped the population of Minnesota grow rapidly in the late 1800s
- 9. Growing different types of crops and livestock on one farm
- 10. An organization of farmers
- 11. To control or adjust the way something works
Down
- 2. Producing enough food to feed one’s family
- 5. farmers had to "break" this to get to the good soil beneath
- 6. A organization formed to help its members buy or sell products as a large group in order to get a better price