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The West
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| originally known as the pacific railroad | Transcontinental Railroad |
| type of fencing used to keep something in or something out | Barbed Wire |
| the first major U.S. discovery of silver ore | Comstock Lode |
| community that experienced rapid growth | Boom Towns |
| any quickly written, lurid potboiler | Dime Novels |
| united states statutes that allowed for the creation of land grant colleges | Morrill Land Grants |
| agricultural region predominatly dedicated to the growing of wheat | Wheat Belt |
| old tv show | Bonanza |
| officially referred to as the National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry | The Grange |
| party program adopted at the formative convention of the populist | Omaha Platform |