Western Expansion

4. process in which you gain characteristics or traits from the groups of people you are around
5. alliance of farmers across the nation
7. battle in which lieutenant colonel Custer lost to Sioux and Cheyenne native americans in 1876
8. railroad project started in 1869 which was built from the east and west and met in Utah
9. grant of public land, usually given to an organization, institution, or group of certain individuals
10. individual who takes responsibility to uphold the law with no legal permission
12. open space of land where cattle may roam freely regardless of land ownership
13. the movement from one region to the other
14. act that guaranteed African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations and transportation
15. crop grown for commercial value

1. surprise attack on Cheyenne indian camp in southeastern Colorado
2. site of conflict between Sioux indians and U.S. officials, around 150 native americans were killed
3. act which emphasized the treatment of native americans as individuals rather than members of a tribe.
6. plot of land set aside for Native Americans
11. act which gave southern settlers acres of land as long as they occupied the land for at least 5 years