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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 governer of california
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Chinese and Irish Immigrants
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Immigrated to America to work on railroads, did not assimilate.
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Battle of Little Bighorn
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General Custer and his men, although outnumbered, tried to force a band of Indians onto a reservation. The Indians fought back and killed all of Custer's men.
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Sodbuster
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Farmer on the Great Plains in the 1800's
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Cattle Kingdom
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Region dominated by the Cattle Industry
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Longhorn Steer
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A very big steer (cow) with very large horns, up to 30 feet long.
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Vaquero
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Spanish word for cowboy
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Cattle Trail
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A trail over which cattle were driven to market
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Homestead Act
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Offered a 160 acre plot of free land in the West to anyone willing to farm and maintain it.
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