Westward Expansion Crossword

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Across
  1. 4. People who plowed the soil on the Plains were called?
  2. 6. Perce/ Adopted White Ways and helped Lewis and Clark Expedition
  3. 7. Who refused to end the Ghost Dance?
  4. 9. Houses named after the mechanical musical instrument, where women danced with men for the price of a drink.
  5. 12. Peak/ The discovery of gold near ____ in 1858 set miners on a fantic rush.
  6. 13. Custer/ Commander of the Seventh Cavalry, underestimated the fighting capabilities of the Lakota and Cheyenne.
  7. 14. Range/ A vast area of grassland owned by the government.
  8. 16. Plains/ By the 1860s, the railroad had reached the _____.
  9. 17. Belt/ Borrowed money to buy innovative equipment, which made dry farming possible.
  10. 18. Farms/ Huge acreage yielded huge profits (commercial farms).
  11. 19. Farming/ Method to plant seeds deep in the ground where there was enough moisture for them to grow.
  12. 20. Payments to reservation dwellers, at least once per year.
Down
  1. 1. Act/ This act allotted to each head of household 160 acres of reservation land for farming.
  2. 2. Peace Commission/ Proposed creating two large reservations on the Plains, one for the Sioux and another for southern Plain Indians.
  3. 3. Comstock/ In 1859 a prospector named _____ staked a claim in Six-Mile Canyon, Nevada.
  4. 5. Creek Massacre/ 1864, Natives killed 200 settlers, and mining camps ambushed.
  5. 8. Prices plunge when what continent is not at war?
  6. 10. Room/ Name for the West’s first elevator.
  7. 11. A tract of public land available for settlement.
  8. 15. What city becomes the hub for crossroads?