SS Unit 2 Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
transcontinental railroad | Railroad that crossed a continent. The first transcontinental railroad in the United States was completed in 1869. |
Coolies | Chinese immigrants that helped build the transcontinental railroad. |
Promontory Point, Utah | Was where both parts of the transcontinental railroad met and a golden spike was hit there |
Homesteaders | Settlers who claimed land on the Great Plains under the Homestead Act. |
Homestead Act | Law signed in 1862 offering free land to people willing to start new farms on the Great Plains. |
Sodbusters | Great Plains farmer of the late 1800s who had to cut through sod, or thick grass, before planting crops. |
Soddy | Was sod or dirt that was used for homes. |
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