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10 Cards in this Set
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Transcontinental Railroad
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a R.R. that crossed the U.S. that move people and freight across to the west.
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Leland Stanford
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supervisor of the pacific R.R. he nailed the gold spike into the ground joining to the two railroads together.
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Chinese and Irish Workers
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the buliding of the railroads brought in many jobs, alot taken by chinese and irish workers because they were cheap workers
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Battle of Little Big Horn
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one of the last armed efforts to keep there way they live
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Sodbuster
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people who used drills to plant crops
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Cattle Kingdom
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the entire west side, that was so populated on cows. they sold them, it was the # 1 industry.
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Longhorn Steer
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kinds of cattle with very long horns
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Vaquero
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spanish for cowboy
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Cattle trails
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the trails the led cattle through to the the R.R. to be shipped.
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Homestead Act
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to encourage people to move west, the goverment was giving away the indians land to settlers who singed to live tere for 5 years.
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