Continued Westward Expansion
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| Transcontinental | crossing a continent
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| Prejudice | an unfair, negative opinion that can lead to unjust treatment
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| Homestead | a settler's home and land
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| Habitat | the area where an animal or a plant normally lives or grows
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| Drought | a long period with little or no rain
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| Demand | the amount of something that people want to buy at certain prices.
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| Supply | the amount of something that people want to sell at certain prices
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| Reservation | land that the government set aside for American Indians.
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| Extinct | when a certain type of plant or animal no longer exists.
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| Assimilate | to change a group's culture and traditions so that it blends with a larger group.
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| Cattle trails | trails used to move cattle in the west ??
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| Black Cowboys of Texas | worked on the cattle trails to move cows adn had to deal with discrimination
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| Great Western Cattle Trail | was used in the 19th century for movement of cattle to markets in the East. It ran west of and roughly parallel to the Chisholm Trail
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| Chisholm Trail | was a trail used in the late 19th century to drive cattle overland from ranches in Texas to Kansas railheads where the cattle would be sold and shipped eastward
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| Native American | the group of people who originaly lived in America
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| relocation | the movement of Native Americans to new land or reservations
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| Grand Canyon | is a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in the United States in the state of Arizona
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| Salton Sea | is a saline, endorheic rift lake located directly on the San Andreas Fault in California
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| Great Salt Lake | located in the state of Utah, is the largest salt lake in the western hemisphere
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| Mojave Desert | located in southeastern California and southern Nevada, southwestern Utah and northwestern Arizona, in the United States. Named after the Mohave tribe of Native Americans, it displays typical Basin and Range topography.
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| agricultural | farming or growing plants
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| Natural resources | a material from nature, such as soil or water.
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