History Quiz Chapter 14 Crossword
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
 
 
Down: 2) flood of prospectors to the Klondike district of Canada's Yukon territory in the late 1890's in search of gold3) town located along a railroad; long cattle drives usually ended there4) sheep hearders from France and Spain who migrated from South America5) author who wrote about the hardships of Plains farming6) U.S. Secretary of State who negotiated buting Alaska for about two cents an acre7) hardy breed of cattle developed by the 1850's that helped make long drives possible8) African Americans that served in the U.S. Army for Indian removal9) large-scale farm usually owned by a large company and run like a factory10) cultural absorbtion of a group11) rich Nevada silver vein that was the center of frantic prospecting beginning in 185912) a Nez Perce leader who attempted to maintain good relations with the U.S. government13) author of A Century of Dishonor and spoke her mind about the government's many broken promises and corrupt dealings with Native Americans14) technique that uses water pressure to remove mountains of gravel, exposing the minerals underneath15) Apache reservation along the Gila River in Arizona16) a Sioux medicine man who inspired the Battle of Rosebud through his rebellious attitude17) Native American victory that resulted in the death of U.S. Army General Custer and all the men in his detachment 18) technique that involved sinking deep mine shafts to get at ore in quartz veins19) federal agency established within the War Department in 1824 to administer Native American reservations20) federal law that gave land for development of a transcontiniental railroad22) author of Life Among the Paiutes; lived a short life, but made the nation aware of the injustices suffered by American Indians25) technique to conserve moisture in areas of little rainfall27) federal law that gave public land to any citizen willing to live on the Great Plains and cultivate the land for five years28) inventor of barbed wire, which resulted in the decline of open-range ranching32) in Colorado, where prospectors found gold, but when thousands of people went, it was all taken34) an Apache leader who led group raids on settlements in order to gain more land36) a Paiute holy man who began the Ghost Dance religion, combining Christians and Native Americans Across: 1) in Canada, where the Klondike Gold Rush was launched21) black settlers who moved west during the late 1800's to find economic and political freedom23) massacre that occurred between the Sioux on Wounded Knee Creek and the army sent to confiscate the Indian's rifles24) part of the transcontinental railroad that went westward from Omaha, Nebraska and crossed over the Rockies26) government agency created in 1862 to help farmers29) slaughter of Cheyenne Indians by U.S. troops in Colorado Territory30) overland treks on which cowboys herded cattle from ranches to rail lines31) federal law that established private ownership of Indian land33) grazing land that the government allowed cattle ranchers to use in the late 1880's35) agreement that ended a longstanding war between the Sioux and the U.S.37) an old mining town with a reputation for being especially rough38) lead an American army to battle in the Battle of Rosebud, but lost39) federal law that gave land to states to establish agricultural colleges40) mining technique developed in Mexico and South America during the 1700's that used mercury to extract silver from ore; used in the western U.S.41) Battle afainst U.S. army in which Native Americans gained confidence in the fighting force42) part of the transcontinental railroad that went eastward from Sacramento, CA over the Sierra Nevadas
 

 

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