Settling the Great Plains

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A person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country

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immigrant

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Able to live through difficult conditions

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hardy

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A person who lives in a new country or area

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settler

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The upper layer of soil that has grass growing on it

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sod

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A strong type of wire that has sharp points on it; used to separate plots of land

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barbed wire

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To prepare land and grow crops on it

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cultivate

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A house and the surrounding land owned by a family

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homestead

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A dry region east of the Rocky Mountains in the United States and Canada

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Great Plains

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Soldiers who fought on horseback

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cavalry

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African American cavalry soldiers who fought in the Great Plains against the Native Americans protecting settlers

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Buffalo soldiers