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10 Cards in this Set
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Transcontinental Railroad
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rail line that spans the continent
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Leland Stanford
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a railroad executive and later governor of California, suvervised construction of the Central Pacific
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Chinese and Irish Workers
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worked on railroads, were pay little money because of religion, worked hard even for little pay
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Battle of Little Big Horn
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Colonel George Armstrong Custer, Americans were outnumbered, but still attacked. Every American died at the battle.
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Sodbuster
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farmer on the Great Plains in the late 1800s
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Cattle Kingdom
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region dominated by the cattle industry and its ranches, trails and cow towns
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Longhorn Steer
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The horns of longhorn cattle can be six feet wide or more. The cattle use them for attack or defense.
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Vaquero
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Spanish word for Cowboy
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Cattle trails
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A trail you herd cattle over long distances
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Homestead Act
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offered a 160-acre plot to anyone who resided on the land for five years
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