Across
- 4. material a natural product used in manufacturing, such as wood
- 5. a person who settles a new place before others
- 7. A person who migrated to the West to take advantage of the Homestead Act; a settler or pioneer.
- 8. a long period without rain
- 9. the nickname given to a person who settled on the Great Plains and had to break up the thickly rooted grass, or sod, to build a home and plant crops
- 13. to take territory and join it to a state or country
- 14. railroad railroad that stretches across a continent
- 15. Destiny the belief that the United States had a right to add territory until it reached the Pacific Ocean
- 16. farming a method of farming that conserves moisture in soil during dry weather
- 17. Doctrine a policy made by President James Monroe warning European nations to stay out of the Americas
Down
- 1. a method of moving water from a source to where it is needed, such as for watering crops
- 2. A type of portable home used by many Native Americans of the Great Plains made of wood poles covered with bark and animal skins.
- 3. rush the quick movement of people to a place where gold has been discovered
- 6. an area of land granted, often by force, to an American Indian tribe, usually in exchange for their own homeland
- 7. Act a law passed in 1862, in which the U.S. federal government promised settlers 160 acres of land for a fee of $18, as long as they built a home on the land within six months and lived there for at least five years\
- 10. journalism false or exaggerated reporting by the news media, especially newspapers of the late 1800s
- 11. drive a long journey on which cowboys guided cattle to market
- 12. a narrow strip of land connecting two landmasses