KS4 American West Revision

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Across
  1. 3. - what many Homesteaders built their houses from (another word for earth)
  2. 5. - area where the Cheyenne were massacred in 1864
  3. 9. - '...' and Loving - men who built a cattle trail in the West.
  4. 10. - the man who invented ranching on the Plains
  5. 11. - the 'Homestead Act for Native Americans', passed in 1887
  6. 12. - location where two different treaties were signed with the Native Americans, creating reservations.
  7. 13. Native Americans on the Plains had what travelling lifestyle?
  8. 14. What Act gave double the amount of land if you planted trees on it
  9. 15. - device used to break up dense soil
Down
  1. 1. Most Native American lived / travelled in...
  2. 2. - the man who made Abeline a 'cowtown'
  3. 4. - replacement for wooden fencing
  4. 6. - Sioux chief who successfully defeated the US army in 1868
  5. 7. - device used for getting water from deep underground
  6. 8. - the sacred area for the Sioux
  7. 9. - the nickname for the chilly winter of 1887-88