Westward Expansion

4. Starting from Omaha, Nebraska.
7. Famous cattle trail used to herd longhorns from San Antonio, Texas to Abilene, Kansas.
12. Railroad that crossed an entire continent.
14. Lincoln made 160 acres available to adult mean or widows of 21 years of age who were head of their household and who agreed to farm the land for 5 years.
15. Starting from Sacramento,California.

1. People called if they claimed land on The Homestead Act.
2. Where the two railways met on May 10,1869.
3. A law passed by congress in 1862.
5. What the Native Americans called the Transcontinental Railroad.
6. Used when both companies met each other on the railway.
8. Young men mainly from Texas paid to herd and drive cattle.
9. Former slave then turned into Cowboy. Famous for his skills of roping and cattle herding.
10. Used by people who didn't have a lot of timber on the Great Plains.
11. A type of steel fencing with sharp points at various intervals.
13. Person settling on land in the early west prior to the official opening.