Farming & Populism

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Across
  1. 5. are rules and procedures
  2. 8. Plains/The Morrill Act encouraged settling in this area
  3. 10. 1889, the U.S. allowed farmers claim lands in this territory
  4. 11. movement called reduced drinking of hard liquor
  5. 12. 40,000 African-Americans left the South for this state
  6. 13. wide open spaces across the U.S. was called this
  7. 15. commerce/This Act regulated trade between states
  8. 16. Act granted land to the states to sell
  9. 17. /This doubled in the U.S in the period 1860 – 1900
  10. 19. /African-Americans southerners who left the South
  11. 20. farming/Growing crops with very little water was called this
Down
  1. 1. farmers/What farmers became when they lost farms and homes
  2. 2. /Settlers using tough root-filled soil to build homes
  3. 3. production due to machinery advancements caused it
  4. 4. Rush /When 50,000 hurried to claim lands it was called this
  5. 6. Bidwell/A founder of Chico, California
  6. 7. Party/Farmers joined together to form this political body
  7. 9. state’s constitution to give women suffrage
  8. 14. /This act granted 160 acres to small farmers
  9. 18. Grange/This body educated, lobbied and advocated for farmers