Westward Expansion

3. The railroad that started from Omaha Nebraska.
8. The memorial spike that was used to complete the Transcontinental Railroad.
9. The name given to the Transcontinental railroad by the American Indians.
11. A law that offered government loans and free land to the two companies building the Transcontinental Railroad.
14. Young men mainly from Texas who were paid to herd cattle and ride horses.
15. The nickname given to the first African American Cavalry regiments of the U.S. Army who served in the western U.S. during 1867-1896, fighting Native American Tribes on the frontier.

1. The place where the Union and Central pacific railroads met on May 10, 1869 completing the Transcontinental Railroad.
2. The railroad that started from Sacramento California.
4. A long journey taken by cowboys to herd, or drive, cattle from the ranches in Texas north on trails leading to the railroads.
5. An act passed by Abraham Lincoln to give 160 acres of free farmland in the west to eachperson who wanted to claim it.
6. A type of steel fencing with sharp points at various intervals. Invented by Joseph Gliden that resulted in closing the western frontier and ending the cattle drives and cowboy era.
7. The 16th President
10. The Railroad created this to tell time across the country.
12. A former slave that became a cow boy.
13. Someone who built their house out of sod on their 160 acres of land.