Westward Expansion Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• populist party : called for the government to own railroads and telephone and telegraph systems
• cattle drive : long journeys where cowboys herded cattle to the market
• pony express : a system of messengers on horseback who carried mail to the west
• frontier : an underdeveloped area
• trans continental : a railroad that crossed the continent and connected the east to the west
• reservations : areas of federal land set aside for native americans
• deflation : a decrease in the money supply and overall lower prices
• morrill act : granted federal land to the states to be sold to raise money to build colleges
• boom towns : communities that grew suddenly when a mine opened
• buffalo soldiers : u.s. troops sent to the west to force the indians to leave
• comstocklode : a huge deposit of gold and silver that was found in nevada in 1859