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10 Cards in this Set

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Transcontinental Railroad
Rail line that spans the continent
Leland stanford
he and his parents won the right to build the line east of sacromento
Chinese and Irish Workers
made up a large amount of rthe workforce working on the transcontiental railroad
Battle of Little Bighorn
a battle in which all Colonel George Armstrong Custer and his men were killed by Sioux and Cheyenne Indians
Sodbuster
a farmer on the Great Plains in the late 1800s
Cattle Kingdom
a region dominated by the cattle industry and its ranches, trails and cow towns
Longhorn Steer
oxen with long horns across their heads
Vaquero
spanish word for cowhand
Cattle Trails
paths cattle traveled along during the cattle kingdom
Homestead Acts
offered 160 acres to anyone that will reside the land for a minimum of five years