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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Reservation | area of land set aside for native americans |
| telegraph | sent messages along wires using electricity |
| homesteader | settlers who claimed land on the great plains |
| cattle drive | method cowboys used to move large herds of cattle north from ranches in texas |
| union pacific | railroad that ran from nevada to nebraska |
| battle of little bighorn | lakota victory over the US soilders on june 25,1876 |
| transcontinental railroad | railroad that crosses a continent |
| sod buster | great plains farmer of the late 1800s who had to cut through sod, or thick grass before planting crops |
| pioneers | or new settlers that move to the great plains |
| exoduster | thousands of african americans pioneers started new lives in communities on the great plains |
| entrepreneur | a person who starts a new buisness, hoping to make a profit |
| central pacific | a railroad that traveled from california to nevada |
| pony express | 1860 Began delivering mail from missouri to california in 10 days |
| homestead act | offered free land to american citizens and immergants |
| technology | the use of new ideas to make tools that improve peoples lives |
| gold rush | sudden movement of many people to an area where gold is found |
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