AH II_Western Expansion Vocab

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Vast grassland between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains.

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Great Plains

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1862 law granting 160 acres to settlers farming for 5 years, with a $25 fee.

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Homestead Act

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Settlers who acquired free land from the government.

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Homesteader

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Name for Great Plains farmers who broke through thick sod to farm.

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sodbuster

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In 1876, Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse defeated Custer's troops, leading to Custer's death.

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Battle of Little Bighorn

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Famous Civil War General defeated at Little Big Horn?

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General Custer

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American Indian chief who led the victory at Little Bighorn

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Sitting Bull

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Federal land for Native Americans

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Reservation

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Railroad connecting the U.S. coasts.

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Transcontinental railroad

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Railroad company that began construction of the Transcontinental railroad in Omaha, Nebraska and moved Westward.

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Union Pacific