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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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one of the owners of the Central Pacific Railroad Company
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Chinese and Irish Workers
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foreigners from China and Ireland who worked on the railroad
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Battle of Little Big Horn
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In 1876, Colonel George Armstrong Cluster led an attack on the Native Americans to force them onto reservations
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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 cattle country
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Longhorn Steer
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big cattle with big horns up to 6 feet long or more
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Vaquero
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Spanish word for cowboy
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Cattle Trails
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trails that vaqueroes led the longhorn on
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Homestead Act of 1862
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In 1862, the act took affect which offered 60 acres of land to anyone who resided on the land for five years
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