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Westward Expansion
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Transcontinental Railroad | Railroad that crosses a continet |
| Coolies | An unskilled native laborer in india,china, and some other asian countries |
| Promontory Point, Utah | Promontory point, utah is the cape point of the pensula |
| Homesteader | Settlers who claimed land on the great plains under the homestead act |
| Homestead Act | Law signed in 1862 offering free land to people willing to start new farms on the great plains |
| Sodbusters | Great plains farmer of the late 1800s who had to cut through sod, or thick grass,before planting crops |
| Soddy | A house built of sod or adobe laid in horizontal courses |