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vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 49ers | people who moved to California to find gold |
| prospectors | men who traveled to the west in search of gold |
| subsidy | Government will help they are raildroads |
| time zone act | the time periods that set the regions apart |
| barbed wire | Larger stell wire that stopped the cattle from eating the farmers crops |
| cowtowns | Towns next to railroads and pens |
| buffalo chips | Manure |
| homestead act | Free land but had to stay for 5 years |
| oaklahoma land rush | race ran by the military |
| reservations | An area of land set aside for native Americans |