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Westward expansion
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| transcontinental railroad | Railroad that crosses a Continent. The first transcontinental railroad in the United States was complete in 1869. |
| collies | a Chinese immigrants that worked on the railroad. |
| promentary point,Utah | place in northwestern 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. |
| homestead act | law sighed in 1862 offering free land to people willing to start new farms on the great plains. |
| sidebuster | great plains farmer of the late 1800 who had to cut through sod,or thick grass,before planting crops. |
| soddy | a house in the great plains made out of grass and dirt,built by homestaders |