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SS Unit 2
Westward Expansion
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Transcontinental Railroad | Rail road that crosses a continent. |
| Coolies | Emigrants from China. |
| Promentory Point, Utah | Place in Northwestern Utah were tracks of Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads met in 1869 to complete the Transcontinental Railroad |
| Homesteaders | 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 |
| Sod Buster | Great Plains farmer of the late 1800's who had to cut through sod, or thick grass, before planting crops. |
| Soddy | A house made out of sod. |