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HIST: Westward Exp
Westward Expansion Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| barbed wire (1) | used to keep buffalo/cattle from water sources and off of farmland |
| buffalo (2) | greatest resource of the Native American peoples |
| California Gold Rush (1) | In 1849, many people traveled to California to make their fortune by searching for gold |
| cowboys (2) | used to move cattle to the North |
| frontier (1) | any new or unexplored area |
| Gold Rush (1) | a large-scale and hasty movement of people to a region where gold had been discovered (California in 1849) |
| Homestead Act (1) | government promised pioneers free land in return for farming it |
| Manifest Destiny (1) | the belief that the certain future of the United States was to Stretch from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean |
| Native Americans / Indigenous people (2) | culture of people relocated to make way for the white settlers; people who existed in a land from the earliest times |
| pioneer (1) | a person who is the first or among the first to explore or settle a region |
| Promontory Point, Utah (2) | site where the two railroad lines met; marked by a golden spike |
| reservations (2) | areas of land where Native Americans were forced to lived |
| sodbuster (1) | farmer of the Great Plain |
| Transcontinental Railroad (2) | built to connect the East and West of the United States |
| assimilation (2) | becoming similar to others by taking in and adopting their customs and culture |
| exodusters (1) | African Americans who migrated west. |
| dry farming (1) | crop production without irrigation during a dry season |
| expansion (1) | broadening of a territory |
| irrigation (1) | the application of water to the soil through various systems of tubes, pumps or sprays. Irrigation is usually used in ares where rainfall in irregular or dry weather is expected |
| natural resources (1) | materials or substances such as minerals, forests and land that occur in nature |
| opposition (2) | resistance, strong disagreement |
| relocation (2) | moving to a new place |
| treaty (2) | a formal agreement |
| warfare (2) | activities involved with war or conflict |
| steel plow (1) | a tool that cuts under, then lifts, turns and breaks up soil to prepare it for planting |
| mechanized farming (1) | using equipment instead animals for farming |
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