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10 Cards in this Set
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Transcontinetal Railroad
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Rail line that spans the continet
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Leland Stanford
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Him and his partners built the Central Pacific Railroad, eastword from Sacremento.
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Chinese and Irish Workers
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Many people from China and people from Ireland came to work on the railroad and to try to strike gold in the gold rush.
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Battle of Little Bighorn
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Colenel George Armstrong Custer attacked a large group of Sioux and Cheyyene. Custer and all of his men were killed.
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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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The region dominated by the kattle industry and its ranches, trails, and cow town.
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Longhorn steer
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Named after their broad horns, they almost needed no care. They survived on prairie grass and watering holes.
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Vaquero
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Another term for cowboy
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Cattle Trails
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Trails that ranchers and cowhands used to bring cattle to the railroad in the north so they could sell the cattle.
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Homestead Act
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An act that gave a 160 acre plot to anyone who was willing to live on the land for five years. It was made in 1862
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