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lodes	rich streaks of ore
ore	rock
ghost town	deserted boomtowns as prospectors moved on to more promising sites or returned home
subsidies	financial aid and land grants fromthe government
transcontinental	spans the continent and connects the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts
open range	land that is not fenced or divided into lots
brand	symbol burned into cattle's hide to show who owns the cattle
homestead	earn ownership of land by settling on it
sodbusters	Plains farmers who needed new methods and tools
dry farming	to plant seeds deep in the ground where there was some moisture
nomadic	someone who travels great distances follwoing their main food source, such as buffalo
reservations	tracts of land set aside for them
1869	transcontinental railroad completed
Utah	where the transcontinental railway was completed
time zones	the way people measured time as a result of the railroad
1858 Pike's Peak in the Colorado Rockies	gold was discovered
lodes	where most of the gold was located in the goldfields
railroads expanded rapidly between 1865 and 1890	railroads could move more goods and people faster
railroad construction made possible	government subsidized it
1865	civil war ended
transcontinental railway	used to move things out west
chinese	contributed a great deal to the construction of the Transcontinental Railway
cattle kingdom ended	overgrazing and glut of cattle
1862	Homestead Act
Homestead Act	gave 160 free acres of land to a settler who paid a filing fee and lived on the land for five years
challenges of the Plains farmer	harsh climate, bad winters, plaques of grasshoppers
reasons buffalo were killed	food, clothing, shelter
1887	dawes act
dawes act	proposed to break up the reservation and end tribal group identification
George Armstrong Custer	a military veteran of the Civil War
Little Big Horn	Custer's last stand
Sittng Bull	Lokota Sioux leader
how did Sitting die	in a scuffle during a ghost dance
Chief Joseph	said, "I will never fight forever"
1890	Wounded Knee
Wounded Knee	last armed conflict between native Americans and US army