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History
Westward Expansion
Term | Definition |
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Transcontinental Railroad | Railroad that crosses a continent. The first transcontinental railroad in the USA was completed in 1869 |
Coolies | Chinese immigrants who were working on the Transcontinental railroad. |
Promontory Point, Utah | Place in the northwest Utah where tracks of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads met in 1869 to complete the transcontinental railroad. |
Homesteader | Settlers who claimed land on the Great Plains under the homestead act. |
Homestead Act | Law sighned in 1862 offering free land to people willing to start new farms on the Great Plains. |
Sodbuster | Great plains farmer of the late 1800's who had cut through sod, or thick grass before planting crops. |
Soddy | Chunks of dirt and grass, often used to build houses. |