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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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the founder of the central pacific railroad which was part of the transcontinental railroad
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Chinese and Irish Workers
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many Chinese workers came to america during the gold rush hoping to become rich, european workers worked in mines and sherched for gold.
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Battle of little big horn
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on 1876, colonel custer and his men attaked a band of sioux and cheyennes. custer and his men all died and it was a indian victory.
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Sodbuster
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a farmer on the great plains
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Cattle kingdom
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region dominated by cattle industry and its ranches, trails, and cow towns
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Longhorn Steer
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a cattle that lives in southern states like texas
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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 that cowboys take to bring the cattle to the railroads
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Homestead Act
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the act that said you get 160 arces of land to anyone who lived on it for five years
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