Across
- 3. type of home made from bricks of sod, or earth, on the Prairie
- 5. African-Americans who moved from the south to the Great Plains in the mid-1800s
- 7. the act that gave 160 acres of land to anyone who would live on it and farm it for five years
- 9. the policy of civilizing Native Americans by having them abandon their native culture and adopt white culture
- 11. man who campaigned for bimetallism
- 12. the first attempt by farmers to unite
- 13. type of cattle that could withstand the harsh climate of the Plains and the west
Down
- 1. political movement in the late 1800s that addressed problems faced by farmers
- 2. these whites ran Indian schools, which were schools designed to assimilate Indian children
- 4. the act that gave 160 acres to an Indian family to farm for 20 years, after which they would gain citizenship
- 6. huge farms in the west that grew single crops
- 8. the cattle trail that went from San Antonio to Abilene
- 10. black man from Tennessee who led the Exodusters
- 12. this is what miners wanted to find out west