Westward Expansion

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Across
  1. 3. Where did the two railroad companies meet?
  2. 7. What was the name of the railroad across the U.S?
  3. 8. What month was the railroad completed?
  4. 9. Houses made in the Great Plains when timber was scarce.
  5. 12. The name of the famous trail used to herd longhorns.
  6. 13. What was the name of the people who drove cattle.
  7. 14. What was passed by Abraham Lincoln to give people over 160 acres of free land.
  8. 15. What was the last spike called used on the TCR?
Down
  1. 1. What railroad company started in Omaha, Nebraska?
  2. 2. The name of someone who claimed land on the Great Plains.
  3. 4. A person that went onto the land early to gain the claim.
  4. 5. What railroad company started in Sacramento, California?
  5. 6. What did the Native Americans call the trains?
  6. 10. Who was a famous black cowboy?
  7. 11. What helped to end the cowboy era?