Westward exaptation Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
California Gold rush | Period where thousands of people went west to search for gold |
Cattle drive | when cowboys guided huge herds of cattle North to new railroad lines exting across the great plains |
Pony Express | Business that delivered mail from Missouri California in just ten days |
Telegraph | invention that sent messages along wires using electricity |
Samual B. Morse | Developed a way to send telegraph messages |
Transcontinentral Railroad | A railroad across the continent linking the Eastern United states to the Westeren United states |
Union Pacific | Began building train track east from Sacramento California. Most workers Were chinese Immigrants |
Promontory Point | place in utah where the union pacific met the Central Pacific |
Chinese Immigrants | Made up almost 80% of the central Pacific workers |
Red cloud | Told Union Pacific They where scaring the Buffalo |
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