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11 Cards in this Set
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Comstock Lode
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A mine of gold and silver that Henry Comstock claimed
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Union Pacific Railroad
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A railroad that stretched from Omaha, Nebraska going WEST.
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Central Pacific Railroad
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A railroad that stretched from Sacramento, California going EAST.
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Leland Stanford
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President of the Central Pacific Railroad. He helped to join the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific Railroads so they became one railroad that stretched across the country.
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lode
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a place where there is a lot of gold or silver
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vigilante
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a person who made themselves a law enforcer (like a police). They tracked down outlaws and punished them.
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transcontinental railroad
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a railroad that stretches across a continent from coast to coast
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subsidy
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money or land that the government gave railroad companies to help them build
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How did mining help the towns in the West to grow?
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Many people began moving to the West in order to become rich
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What were some problems that occured in mining towns?
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* pollution of streams
* Native Americans were forced from their land * Their was a lot of disorder and breaking of laws in the towns |
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How did railroads change the west?
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* brought growth and new settlement across the west
* people and supplies were able to move quickly across the country * western territories began to apply to become states. |
