U.S. History- West Project

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Across
  1. 4. What crop was oftenly planted in the West?
  2. 5. The railroads (increased/decreased)the cattle business.
  3. 6. Was viewed as land of opportunities and legend.
  4. 9. Cowboys wore a ___ as protection from the sun.
  5. 10. invention that evolved ranching
  6. 12. After the Civil War about 1/5 of U.S. troops were _______.
  7. 13. What was the trademark of the West in the 18th century?
  8. 15. Workers from _____ immigrated to find work on the railroad.
  9. 17. Native Americans were confined into _______.
  10. 18. ______ farmland became hard to find after 1890.
  11. 19. Most of the soldiers of the 9th and 10th Calvary were _______.
Down
  1. 1. animal used to travel/ranch easier
  2. 2. In 1890 the Frontier was _____.
  3. 3. The 2 words John O’Sullivan used to explain the expansion of the U.S.
  4. 7. What people invented cattle raising?
  5. 8. Work days lasted how many hours?
  6. 11. Joseph McCoy made a path called the _____ Trail
  7. 14. What fences were made before barbed wire but broke easily?
  8. 16. What was a fear that could result in lost of cattle and cowboys?
  9. 17. The completion of the _____ caused more people to move West.