Post Civil War

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Across
  1. 5. Philosophy that government should stay out of business and let things take its natural course
  2. 8. Laid track westward staring in Omaha
  3. 11. People who raced into the Oklahoma territories and laid claim to land parcels
  4. 14. Where the golden spike was driven in connecting the two railroads together
  5. 20. A Railroad connecting the east to the west
  6. 23. Land parcels were measured, registered and deeded so you knew exactly what you owned and what you could do with it
  7. 24. People who cheated and went into Oklahoma early and claimed some of the best land parcels
  8. 25. A symbol of American success
  9. 27. Was very successful in producing sleeping cars for railroads
  10. 28. Came up with Morse code
  11. 29. A way of getting around anti-monopoly laws
  12. 30. One of the first labor unions
Down
  1. 1. A philosophy that suggested government ownership of businesses and the equal distribution of wealth
  2. 2. invented the telephone
  3. 3. Industrialist that were praised for creating jobs
  4. 4. laid track eastward from Sacramento
  5. 6. An attempt by the government to turn Native Americans into the rest of society
  6. 7. When a company is in complete control of a product or service.
  7. 9. Industrialist seen as stripping the world of its natural resources
  8. 10. When they put two train engines at the front of the train
  9. 12. When a company would drop it's prices to a very low level driving their competitors out of business then buying them out for a very low price
  10. 13. The leader of the Cheyenne tribe
  11. 15. Federal lands that were set aside specifically for Native Americans to live on
  12. 16. Americas great inventor
  13. 17. Led the Knights of Labor
  14. 18. A philosophy that believes in the survival of the fittest
  15. 19. people who bought large areas of land in the hope of selling it later for profit
  16. 21. An act that was set up to provide 160 acres to indian families so they could become self sufficient
  17. 22. Led the American Federation of labor
  18. 26. A loose association of businesses who produce the same product