Lesson 12: Westward Migration Vocabulary Crossword

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  1. 1. ACT2AcrossEXODUSTERS3DownLOBBYIST4DownPOPULISM5AcrossRESERVATION6DownVAQUERO7AcrossGOLD STANDARD8AcrossPOPULIST PARTY9DownMONETARY POLICY10DownHOMESTEAD ACT11AcrossCHISHOLM TRAIL12AcrossTRANSCONTINENTAL13DownCrossword CluesAcross2. An 1887 federal law distributing land to Indigenous individuals rather than to tribes.5. A political philosophy that favors the common person's interests over wealthy people.7. A Mexican cowboy.8. A policy requiring every paper dollar to be backed by a dollar's worth of gold.11. An 1862 law that granted land to settlers who agreed to work it for five years.12. The cattle-drive trail from San Antonio, Texas, to Abilene, Kansas.Down1. The absorption of people into the dominant culture.3. African Americans who migrated from the South to the Great Plains after the Civil War.4. A person who tries to persuade legislators to pass laws favorable to a group.6. An area of federal land reserved for Indigenous tribes.9. A political party founded in 1892 calling for policies to help working people.10. Government policy aimed at controlling the supply and value of a country's currency.13. A railroad that spans the entire continent.
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