The West

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Across
  1. 1. cattle thieves
  2. 3. large animal herds that once dominated The Great Plains
  3. 7. killing of peaceful natives by US soldiers
  4. 9. dried dung of animals used for fuel (energy)
  5. 10. belief that God wanted Americans to take and control all land between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
  6. 11. summer storm common on The Great Plains
  7. 13. Apache warrior
  8. 14. people who went West for gold or silver
  9. 15. winter storm common on The Great Plains
  10. 17. crop grown on The Great Plains due to low rainfall
  11. 18. land area designated for native tribes
  12. 21. assimilation education for native children
  13. 23. buffalo hunters and cowboys
  14. 24. moving native people West of the Mississippi
  15. 26. path traveled by natives moving West where many died
  16. 27. government policy to make native children more like white people
Down
  1. 2. tool used to cut through thick crust of The Great Plains
  2. 3. native term for treaties made with the US government
  3. 4. transportation technology that made settling The Great Plains possible
  4. 5. freed people that left the South to escape persecution in The South and for free land
  5. 6. The Indian Problem
  6. 8. people who went West for free land
  7. 12. homes made of Earth due to a lack of trees
  8. 16. people that left their countries in Europe for freedom and land in the American West
  9. 19. technology used to pump groundwater to the surface of the Earth
  10. 20. land area between the Rocky Mountains and the Mississippi River
  11. 22. government policy of giving free land for 5 years of work on the land
  12. 25. agreement made between 2 or more nations