Across
- 3. This was the animal to bet on in the farm game in 1886
- 6. They were a way to save the costs charged by middlemen
- 7. This industry changed the eating habits of Americans
- 9. Invented by Joseph Glidden, it cut off access to the formerly open range
- 11. Precious metals like this one made up the backbone of the mining industry
- 12. Many of the cowboys driving cattle in the southwest were of this background
- 14. Resulted from increased production of crops around the world, and too little money in the US
Down
- 1. This movement took on reform ideas including those supported by the Grange
- 2. Corn and wheat were examples
- 4. Point where railroads met to link the Atlantic and Pacific states
- 5. Many of the immigrant labor building the railroads were of this background
- 8. Most pioneers passed through the "Great American Desert" to get here
- 10. They were blamed for taking a cut of farmers' profits
- 13. The Supreme Court upheld the right of a state to regulate public businesses including these