Unit 11: Tensions in the West

2. This group of people were negatively impacted by the railroad
6. This job prepared the land for construction
7. Most railroad workers were _______ coming to America for the first time
9. The ______ Pacific started in San Fransisco and built Eastward
10. The _____ Act gave farmers 160 acres of land out West
11. This branch of government gave out free land to companies
15. This was the most important resource for most Native Americans on the Great Plains
19. The Indian ______ Act allowed the US government to force Native people off their land
20. This job placed wooden frames and rails into place
23. The US government rarely kept the ________ they made to Native American people
25. This job studied the land to find good places to build

1. The _________ Railroad was the biggest construction project at the time
3. Lincoln designed the Railway Act to increase _____ between the companies
4. This job nailed the iron rails into the wooden frames
5. The Transcontinental Railroad was built across this region of America
8. The small pieces of land the US government forced Native Americans onto
12. Mostly white farm families who "set" out West to find new land and opportunity
13. The Transcontinental _______ was designed to connect the US from coast to coast
14. Mining towns that "popped up" overnight
16. The _____ Pacific started in Omaha and built Westward
17. This precious mineral was discovered in California
18. Most Homesteaders worked as _________ on the land they recieved
21. Most Asian immigrants coming to America to work on the railroad were from this country
22. The Transcontinental Railroad kickstarted the American _______
24. Both companies worked hard to earn more ________