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Chapter 3 Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| reservation | land set aside by the government for Native Americans |
| Battle of Little Bighorn | Lakota victory over the United States soldiers on June 25, 1876 |
| pioneer | early settler of a region |
| exoduster | name for African American pioneers who moved to the Great Plains after the Civil War |
| gold rush | sudden movement of many people to an area where gold has been found |
| entrepreneur | person who starts a new business, hoping to make a profit |
| transcontinental railroad | railroad that crosses a continent. The first transcontinental railroad in the United States was completed in 1869 |
| cattle drive | ways cowboys moved large herds of cattle north from ranches in Texas to towns along the railroads in the late 1800s |
| Pony Express | service begun in 1860 that used a relay of riders on horses to deliver mail from Missouri to California in ten days |
| technology | use of new ideas to make tools that improve people's lives |
| telegraph | device that sends messages through wires using electricity |
| Homestead Act | law signed in 1862 offering free land to people willing to start new farms on the Great Plains |
| sodbuster | Great Plains farmer of the late 1800s who had to cut through thick sod, or thick grass, before planting crops |
| homesteader | settler who claimed land in the Great Plains under the Homestead Act |
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