Across
- 3. Formal charge of wrongdoing against a public official
- 4. Paths used by cowboys to drive cattle to market
- 9. Rapidly growing towns often associated with mining
- 11. People who herded cattle in the Old West
- 14. Group that gained freedom and civil rights after the Civil War
- 16. Famous silver ore deposit in Nevada
- 18. State where the Gold Rush of 1849 occurred
- 19. 19th President of the United States who ended Reconstruction
- 20. 17th President of the United States who succeeded Lincoln
Down
- 1. Precious metal that helped spur mining booms in the West
- 2. Abandoned towns often after resources were depleted
- 5. Process of rebuilding the South after the Civil War
- 6. Nevada city known for its silver mines
- 7. Direction associated with frontier expansion in the US
- 8. Political party favoring states' rights and segregation after the Civil War
- 10. Networks that connected the country, facilitating westward expansion
- 12. Livestock commonly herded in the Old West
- 13. State known for its cattle ranches and oil
- 15. Political party that led the Reconstruction era
- 17. Precious metal discovered in large quantities in the West