Westward Expansion

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Across
  1. 5. the two word name for this mineral deposit that attracted settlers to Nevada
  2. 6. primary animal used in ranching
  3. 7. this man's Severity Act of 1887 dissolved Native Americans as a legal entity
  4. 10. a battle featuring Custer and Crazy Horse
  5. 11. along with the Chinese, these immigrants built the transcontinental railroad
  6. 12. people who settled in the Native American Territory of Oklahoma
Down
  1. 1. this massacre was prompted by the Ghost Dance
  2. 2. another term for Pike's Peakers
  3. 3. the common name given to stereotypical Wild West towns
  4. 4. this invention led to the enclosure of ranches
  5. 8. the "Thunder of the West"
  6. 9. due to increased mining, the U.S. resumed specie payments of this