Life in the West

2. Gold found scattered around the West spurred the fad of ____________.
4. Sturdy, short-tempered cattle
8. African Americans who moved from the post-Reconstruction South to Kansas
10. the grassland extending through west-central portion of the United States
11. This gave federal land to the states to help finance agricultural colleges
13. A plan by which Native Americans would give up their beliefs and way of life to become part of the white culture
14. Colonel who was killed at Little BigHorn
16. This offered 160 acres of land free to any citizen or intended citizen who was head of the household
18. This national park was created by the government in 1872
19. This prevented animals from trampling crops and wandering off
20. The _________ plow made planting more efficient in root-filled soil

1. This trail was a major cattle route from San Antonia, Texas to Kansas
3. This state is known as the "Sooner State"
5. A leader of the Sioux
6. The horse and the _____________ were the two most important animals to the Native Americans
7. A freestanding houses made of sod in the Plains
9. ______________ farms were enormous single-crop farms
12. The completion of the _____________ railroad made rapid settlement of the West possible
15. This machine was created by Cyrus McCormick and sped up harvesting
17. Congress passed this in 1887 to "Americanize" the Native Americans