Westward Expansion

4. rush When people would race to claim the best plots of land
6. A ranch hand who rode horses and helped to herd cattle.
10. Railroad The railroad that stretched from the east coast of the United States to the west coast.
11. A device that sent messages over long distances using wires and electricity.
13. Express A mail system where riders got fresh horses at stops along the way to speed up delivery.
14. cabin A home made from the trunks of trees. Typically, it had one room, a fireplace, and a dirt floor.
16. Land set aside for Native Americans to live.
19. rush A time when lots of people move to an area because gold has been discovered.
20. A square piece of cloth that cowboys used to cover their face from dust
22. Purchase A large area of land that the United States purchased from France. It doubled the size of the US

1. A piece of free land that people claimed from the government. They had to live on it for five years.
2. town A deserted town.
3. drive Cowboys would have to drive a herd of cattle from the ranch to the market where they could be sold.
5. Territory An area of land to the north and west of the Appalachians.Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana, and Illinois.
7. train A group of covered wagons traveling to the west together. They traveled in groups for safety.
8. A person who used guns in the Old West. It could be an outlaw robbing people or the lawman who tried to stop him.
9. The edge of a country or land where few people live.
12. During the gold rush, these towns would spring up almost overnight at places where gold was discovered
15. Trail An overland trail that settlers used to travel by covered wagon from Missouri to the west coast.
17. When a large group of animals such as bison or cattle suddenly run fast in one direction
18. Destiny A belief by Americans in the 1800s that the United States was destined to expand west to the Pacific
20. An untrained horse.
21. A person who does something first.