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SS Chapter 9 Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Sod | Grass roots and dirt that form the grounds top layer |
Transcontinental railroads | Rail line that crosses the entire country |
Interstate highway system | Set of wide fast interconnecting highways to link the states |
Fur trade | The exchange of animal skins for other tools such as cloth guns and knives |
Steamboat | Boat powered by a steam engine |
Drought | Time of little rain |
Mission | Settlement set up by religious group to teach its religion and to help people of the area |
Dust Bowl | Area in the Midwest and Southwest that suffered the most during the drought in the 1930s |
Hub | Center of activity |
Trading post | Type of store at which goods are traded |
Mound | Pile of earth or stones |
Jacques Marquette | French priest and explorer of Midwest |
Louis Jolliet | French Canadian that explored Midwest |
Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable | His trading post became Chicago |
John Deere | Made steel plow to make farming easier |
Meriweather Lewis and William Clark | Two explorers sent by Jefferson to travel the Mississippi River to its source. |
Mark Twain | Writer from Missouri whose real name was Samuel Clemens |