History Word Scramble
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| Term | Definition |
| Transcontinental Railroad | Railroad that crosses a continent. The first transcontinental railroad in the USA was completed in 1869 |
| Coolies | Chinese immigrants who were working on the Transcontinental railroad. |
| Promontory Point, Utah | Place in the northwest Utah where tracks of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads met in 1869 to complete the transcontinental railroad. |
| Homesteader | Settlers who claimed land on the Great Plains under the homestead act. |
| Homestead Act | Law sighned in 1862 offering free land to people willing to start new farms on the Great Plains. |
| Sodbuster | Great plains farmer of the late 1800's who had cut through sod, or thick grass before planting crops. |
| Soddy | Chunks of dirt and grass, often used to build houses. |
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