Michelle Brown
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BrownMi on October 7, 2010
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social studies - western expansion
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Boomtown | were instant towns that formed overnight when gold was discovered nearby. |
| Comstock Lode | was a rich lode of sliver-baring ore on the banks of the Carson River in Nevada (1859). |
| Virginia | was a mining town with banks, hotels, restaurants, newspapers, and operas. |
| Ghost Town | is what happened to a town after prospectors left the town. It was deserted. |
| Subsidy/subsidies | refer to financial support/financial supports |
| Transcontinental Railroad | was a railroad that connected the Atlantic to the Pacific Coasts. |
| Promontory Point Utah | is where the two sets of tracks met for the Transcontinental Railroad. |
| Open Range Ranching | refers to cattle ranges that were not fenced in or divided into lots. |
| Vaqueros | refers to Hispanic ranch hands in charge of cattle herding. |
| Exodusters | were African American cowhands. |
| Stampede | was/is when thousands of cattle run in a panic. |
| Cattle or Long Drive | refers to the herding of cattle a thousand miles or more to meet the railroads. |
| Cattle Kingdom | refers to the ranching region dominated by the cattle industry and it's ranches, trails, and cow towns. |
| Cow Towns | refer to towns at the end of a cattle trail where the railroad stop. |
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