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Westward Expansion
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Pony Express | a former system in the American West of carrying mail and Express of relays of riders mounted on horses |
| Telegraph | A system for transmitting messages w/ Morse Code |
| Promontory Point,Utah | The meeting of the Continental railroad |
| Transcontinental Railroad | a train route across the United states west |
| Great Plains | a large grassland in the middle of the united states. |
| Homestead Act | a Law passed by congress that allowed settlers to move out west |
| Homesteaders | a person who claimed land on the US frontier |
| Sodbusters | a farmer who works the soil |
| Exodusters | a african american who went to Kansas in 1870 |
| Reservation | territories set aside for native americans |
| boomtown | a town that has rapidly grown |
| Prospecter | an appairant prohability of vancement, sucess,profit and suddenvprosperities |