Westward Expansion 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 extending across the Great Plains |
Pony Express | Business that delivered mail from Missouri to California in just ten days. |
Telegraph | Invention that sent messages along wires using electricity |
Samuel B. Morse | Developed a way to send telegraph messages |
Transcontinental Railroad | A railroad across the continent linking the Eastern United States to the Western United States |
Union Pacific | Began building train tracks west from Omaha, most workers were Irish immigrants |
Central Pacific | Began building train tracks East from Sacramento, California. Most workers were Chinese immigrants. |
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