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Westward expantion
Term | Definition |
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transcontinental railroad | railroad from east to west |
coolies | chines immigrants who came to build the railroad |
promontory point utah | golden spike {where to railroads met} |
homesteader | person who farmed on land to get it for free |
homestead act | Lincoln signed document saying he is giving free land |
sod buster | person who busted through sod to plant crops |
soddy | a house built out of sod |