Across
- 2. The place where people moved to because of the Homestead act
- 4. Someone who bought land and had to live their, and take care of it until it became theirs
- 6. People began to rush to minefields because of gold nuggets
- 10. A general who charged the native Americans even though they were outnumbered
- 11. An act that encouraged Americans to move to the great plains
- 12. The point in the middle where the union pacific and the central pacific meet
- 14. A type of dirt panted to keep bugs away from crops
- 17. A railroad that passes through the continents from east to west
- 18. Cowboys making a living in gold and cattle
Down
- 1. A Colonel who was killed in the little battle of little bighorn
- 3. A place where settlers moved to after the discovery of gold
- 5. A town that had a large population and started from scratch
- 7. the company who built the east side of the transcontinental railroad
- 8. A chemical element with the number 47 and the symbol Ag
- 9. the company who built the west side of the transcontinental railroad
- 13. A town that was Abandoned
- 15. where Indians lived as white settlers took over their land
- 16. A chemical element with the symbol Au and the umber 79