This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Westward Expansion & Industrialization has 12 clues. Answers range from 8 to 22 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
Reported gold in the Black Hills causing Gold Rush in 1874
a plan under which Native Americans would give up their beliefs and way of life and become part of the white culture
a law, enacted in 1887, that was intended to "Americanize" Native Americans by distributing reservation land to individual owners
the massacre by U.S. soldiers of 300 unarmed Native Americans by distributing reservation land to individual owners
the treaty requiring the Sioux to live on a reservation along the Missouri River
Battled George A. Custer at the Little Bighorn River, determined whites should leave Sioux territory
a breed of sturdy, long-horned cattle bought by the Spanish to Mexico and suited to the dry conditions of the Southwest
the major cattle route from San Antonio, Texas, through Oklahoma to Kansas
the moving of cattle over trails to a shipping center
The vast grassland that extends through the central portion North America, from Texas northward to Canada, east of the Rocky Mountains
Custer's old regiment took Sioux to a camp at this location.
George A. Custer reported that what place had gold? (This started the Gold Rush)