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SS 5th ch 10
social studies vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| pioneer | A person who built a home on the edge of the wilderness |
| gold rush | the quick movement of people to a place where gold has been discovered |
| manifest destiny | The idea popular in the 1800's that the US had a right to add territory until it reached the pacific ocean |
| cattle drive | the movement by cowboys of large herds of cattle to towns where they could be shipped to market |
| reservation | An area of land granted often by force to an American Indian tribe in exchange for their own homeland |
| transcontinental railroad | a railroad that spans an entire continent |
| homestead act | a law past in 1862 in which US federal government promised settlers 160 acres of land in the west for a fee of $18 as long as they build a home on the land within 6 months and live there for at least 5 years |
| dry farming | a method of crop production in which moisture in conserved in the soil during dry weather |
| annex | to take over a territory |
| yellow journalism | false or exaggerated reports done by the news media especially newspapers of the late 1800's |
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