Unit 1 - Foundations and Contested West

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Across
  1. 2. The Transcontinental _____ connected the East Coast to the West Coast
  2. 5. ____ was difficult out west due to the climate
  3. 7. Wrote the book "Democracy in America" describing how America was different from Europe
  4. 8. Towns the sprung up "Over night" after a discovery was made
  5. 11. Created a government in which the people hold the power
  6. 15. Wrote the Declaration of Independence
  7. 16. The first 10 Amendments of the Constitution
  8. 17. The month the Declaration of Independence was signed
  9. 18. The first person to sign the Declaration of Independence
Down
  1. 1. The government gave free ____ to people who would move out west
  2. 3. Large animals that roamed the Great Plains
  3. 4. Towns that disappeared after precious metal was mined out
  4. 6. Indian Removal Act of 1830; also know as the trail of ___
  5. 9. The idea that the U.S. should be settled coast to coast
  6. 10. Diverse group of people that learned their skills from Vaqueros, seen on farms and cattle drives
  7. 12. Large animals that were driven on the cattle trails
  8. 13. Land promised to Native Americans
  9. 14. Brought people to the West