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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| California Gold Rush | period where thousands of people went west to search for gold |
| Cattle Drive | when cowboys guided huge herds of cattle north to new railroad line extending across The Great Plains |
| Pony Express | business that delivered mail from Missouri to California in just ten days |
| Telegraph | invention that sent messages along wires using electricity |
| Samuel B. Morse | developed a way to send telegraph messages |
| Transcontinental Railroad | a railroad across the continent linking the eastern United states to the Western united states |
| Union Pacific | began building train track west from Omaha, Most workers were Irish immigrants |
| Central Pacific | began building train track east from Sacramento, California. Most workers were Chinese immigrants |