Challenges in the late 1800s Crossword

to make or become American in character; assimilate to the customs and institutions of the U.S.
the process of adapting or adjusting to the culture of a group or nation
a wire or strand of wires having small pieces of sharply pointed wire twisted around it at short intervals
were a major economic activity in the 19th-century American West, particularly between 1866 and 1886
A federal law intended to turn Native Americans into farmers and landowners by providing cooperating families with 160 acres of reservation land for farming or 320 acres for grazing
name given to African Americans who migrated from states along the Mississippi River to Kansas in the late nineteenth centur
paper currency made legal tender by a fiat of the government
a special act of Congress (1862) that made public lands in the West available to settlers without payment
semi-automated device that harvests crops
the political philosophy of the People's party.
a tract of public land set apart for a special purpose, as for the use of an Indian tribe
controversial surprise attack upon a surrendered, partially disarmed Cheyenne Indian camp in southeastern Colorado Territory by a force of about 675 U.S. troop
the system or practice in which public offices with their emoluments and advantages are at the disposal of the victorious party for its own purposes.
used for farming to break up tough soil without soil getting stuck to it
located on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in southwestern South Dakota,was the site of two conflicts between North American Indians and representatives of the U.S. government
ranscontinental railroad definition. A train route across the United States, finished in 1869. It was the project of two railroad companies