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10 Cards in this Set
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Transcontinental Railroad
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a railroad line that spanned the continent
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Leland Stanford
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won the right to build a line eastward from Sacramento (Central Pacific Railroad)
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Chinese and Irish Workers
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Battle of Little Big Horn
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June,1876 George Custer tried to force Native Americans onto a reservation. George Custer and his army died, victory for Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse.
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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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Vaquero
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Spanish word for cowboy
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Cattle Trails
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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. Congress wanted to give the poor a chance to own farms
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