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Social Studies
Western Movement
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| reservation | an area of land set aside by the government for use only by Native Americans |
| long drive | ranchers drove their cattle north from Texas to a railroad |
| boom | time of fast economic or population growth |
| treaty | an agreement between different countries or groups of people |
| homesteader | people who took advantage of the Homestead Act of 1862 which gave land to people who agreed to live on it for at least five years |
| panhandle | an area of land that sticks out like the handle of a pan |
| sod | a layer of soil held together by the roots of the grass |
| bust | time of fast economic decline |
| prospector | people searching for gold, silver, or other minerals |