This printable word search puzzle on the topic of Westward Expansion & Industrialization contains 25 hidden words in a 24x24 letter grid. Words go horizontally, vertically, backwards, and diagonally. This word search is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Rocky Mountains
little bighorn
cattle drives
george custer
homestead act
homesteaders
Great Plains
reservations
Black hills
Great Basin
steel plows
sodbusters
Gold rush
windmills
Chinese
coolies
cowboys
indians
German
Irish
wagons
trade
east
west