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history 9th grade

QuestionAnswer
railroad that spanned the U.S continent transcontinental railroad
the area from the Missouri River to the Rocky Mountains Great Plains
parts of the west that were occupied mainly by Native Americans rather than settlers Frontier
time based on calculations of the suns passage across the sky solar time
the time zones devised by railroad companies standard time
spanish term for cowhand vaquero
journey that takes cattle by foot to a railway long drive
person who takes the law into his or her own hands vigilante
name Native Americans gave to African American soldiers in the west buffalo soldiers
spanish word for a person of mexican heritage; a spanish-speaking person in the southwest whose ancestors had come from mexico mexicano
english-speaking settler in the southwest anglo
deposit of mineral buried in rock iode
town that experiences suden growth in population or economic activity boomtown
laws passed by southern states that limited the freedom of formerly enslaved people black codes
turned the cattle industry into big business in the west Ranchers
first cowhands, came from mexico with the Spanish and settled in the west, everything the American cowhands learned was from these people vaqueros
Vaqueros came from... Mexico
how many of the american cattle workers were Mexican or African American 1/3
trail that ran from San Antonio, Texas to Abilene, Kansas Chisholm Trail
the cattle industry boomed for __ years 20 years
started in sacramento, california and was built to the east union pacific
started in omaha, Nebraska and was but to the west central pacific
central pacific hired mostly __ immigrants chinese
union pacific hired mostly __ immigrants irish
the railroad met in utah at __ promontory summit
most ranchers had __ few employees and small herds
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