Across
- 2. Name given to former slaves who went west for a new beginning
- 6. Under the Homestead Act, people got cheap ___________
- 9. this brought water up from deep underground
- 10. This was once called "a treeless wasteland."
- 12. The ________________ Railroad was completed in 1869
- 14. Under the Homestead Act, people got cheap ___________
- 15. this farming technique preserved water for crops
Down
- 1. The Massacre at ____________ led to the deaths of 150-300 Indian women and children
- 3. raising this type of livestock was possible on the great plains
- 4. Chief Joseph led this tribe in resisting westward expansion
- 5. this invention made farming possible on the Plains
- 7. This was a main crop out on the Plains
- 8. This means to blend in or adopt another culture
- 10. Prospectors went west in hopes of becoming rich if they found this
- 11. This law divided up Indian reservations and made Indian children go to boarding schools
- 13. Settlers made their homes out of this thick grassy soil