Across
- 3. A law passed by Congress in 1862 offering 160-acre plots of land to anyone who resided on the land for 5 years, worked the land, and built a home.
- 4. about the "last rush for land"... -April 1889: 100,000 "Boomers" came to claim land in OK that had become available
- 7. cattle drives from Texas to railway towns in Kansas
- 10. settlers who acquired free land from the govt
- 11. towns in Kansas where cattle were driven to and loaded onto trains for transport, usually back east
- 14. A political party that pushed for reforms (social & economic), demanded public ownership of RRs, and generally supported the interest of farmers and workers
- 15. "Early" settlers of the OK land rush of 1889
- 16. Candidate for president in 1896 who represented the interests of famers and workers
Down
- 1. untended land where cattle were left to graze
- 2. the region dominated by the cattle industry and its ranches, trails and cow towns
- 5. Plains farmers who used steel plows and drills
- 6. covered the most distance?
- 7. Groups of framers who pooled their money to make large purchases of tools, seeds, and other supplies at discounts
- 8. African American settlers (70,000) who migrated from the south to the Great Plains, especially Kansas. Many became farmers.
- 9. Mexican cowboy
- 12. Candidate for president in 1896 who represented the interests of big business and bankers
- 13. Groups of farmers who met and supported one another