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Westward expansion
Term | Definition |
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transcontinental railroad | railroad that crosses a continent. The firs transcontinental railroad in the united. |
coolies | chinese how came to build the transcontinental railroad |
promontory point,utah | Place in northwest utah where tracks of the union pacific and central pacific met in 1869 to complete the railroad |
homesteaders | settlers who claimed land on the Great plains under the homestead act |
Homestead Act | law signed 1862 offering free land to people willing to start new farms on the Great Plains |
soddy | stuff to build a house |
sodbusters | Great plains farmer of the late 1800s who had to cut |