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Chapter 10
Trouble on the Plains
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Pacific Railway Act | process of building a railroad and telegraph line across the country. |
| Homestead Act of 1862 | turned over vast amounts of public land to homesteaders. 10% of the land or 270 million acres of the United States were settled under this act. |
| freedmen | former slaves |
| reservation | an area set aside for use by a particular people |
| dugouts | houses built half in the ground, half above |
| garrison | military post |
| buffalo soldiers | black troops of the 10th Calvary |
| rapport | relationship |
| renegades | outlaws |