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SS unit 2
Westward Expansion
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Transcontinental Railroad | Railroad that crosses a continent.The first transcontinental railroad in the United States was completed in 1869 |
| Coolies | Low workers |
| Promontory Point, Utah | Where the Union Pacific and Central Pacific met. |
| Homesteader | Settlers who claimed land on the Great Plains under the Homestead Act |
| Homestead Act | Law signed in 1862 offering |
| Sobuster | |
| Soddy |