Westward Expansion

3. A person who settled on a piece of land before the official opening to settlement to gain the land
7. Where the Union Pacific Started their part of the railroad.
9. The place in northern Utah where both the Central and Union Pacific railroad companies met
12. A law passed by Congress that offered government loans and free land
16. A type of steel fencing with sharp points at random intervals and resulted in the end of the cowboy era
17. Young men, mainly from Texas, who were paid to herd and drive cattle north
18. A nickname given to the first African American Calvary regiments of the U.S. army

1. A railroad that crosses an entire continent
2. Famous cattle trail used to heard longhorns, from San Antonio, Texas to Abilene, Kansas
4. Used on the very last rail of the TCR to mark the completion of the railroad
5. A famous businessman who founded R.W. Sears Watch Company and created the first mail order catalog company
6. Where the Central Pacific started their part of the railroad
8. Act passed by President Lincoln that gave 160 acres of free farmland
10. A house that is made out of sod, laid brick by brick, and sealed with prairie grass
11. A long Journey taken on by cowboys to herd or drive cattle from Texas, north on the trails to the railroads
13. The name, given by Native Americans, to the TCR
14. A person who claimed land on the Great Plains under the Homestead Act
15. A former slave turned cowboy who was famous for his skills of roping and cattle herding