Across
- 2. material that was used to make houses since wood was not readily available
- 5. This low cost material was readily available and helped close the west with the creation of fences
- 6. The belief that the United States was destined by go to gain territory from the Atlantic Ocean through to the Pacific Ocean.
- 7. a plot of public land available for settlement
- 8. a method of farming dry land in which seeds are planted deep into the ground to gain more moisture
- 9. A machine that would pull water from deep underground to help provide water for irrigation on the farms.
- 11. This animal population was decimated due to Westward Expansion
- 12. a mostly flat and grassy region of the Western North America
- 13. This railroad would connect the east and west coast of America
- 14. A person who is among the first to explore or settle an area.
- 15. Land that was set aside by the US government for indigenous Americans
- 16. who considered a vast amount of the land out west as "holy"
Down
- 1. A black American who migrated from the South to Kansas and Oklahoma for freedom
- 3. In the Great Plains soil was tough and rich. This was used to grow massive amounts of wheat.
- 4. A farm tool where the blade is now made of steel instead of wood and would help cut through the dry and difficult land.
- 7. 1862 law that would allow individuals to apply, pay a $10 fee and gain up to 160 acres of land as long as they lived on it for 5 years and improved it.
- 8. 1887 law that changed how indigenous Americans owned land. Land was divided into small plots.
- 10. This is the acronym used to remember why people went out west.
- 12. a period when large numbers of people went to places gold was discovered to try and "strike it rich".