Chapter 14 Vocabulary

Front 1

push-pull factors

Back 1

events and conditions that either force people to move elsewhere or strongly attract them to do so

Front 2

Pacific Railway Act

Back 2

act in which the government gave large land grants to the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads.

Front 3

Morrill Land Grant Act

Back 3

act that gave state governments millions of acres of western lands, which the states could then sell to raise money for the creation of "land grant" colleges.

Front 4

land speculator

Back 4

people who bought up large areas of land in the hope of selling it later for a profit.

Front 5

Homestead Act

Back 5

act in which settlers got 160 acres of land for a small fee, if they could meet certain requirements.

Front 6

exoduster

Back 6

An African Americans that moved west to flee from violence and exploitation were often called this.