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Settling the West

Review of Social Studies vocabulary from the 8th grade curriculum Settling the West.

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traviossled used by Native Americans to carry goods
Tipitent made using buffalo skin
Reservationland set aside by the government for the Native Americans to live on.
longhornswild cattle that roam free in Texas
Vaquerospanish word for cowboy
sodbusterplains farmer
transcontinental railroadwas built from the east to the west coast
Homestead Actoffered 160 acres of land free if you worked it for 5 years
forty-ninerspeople who went to California during the gold rush
corralfenced in area used for cattle
wholesalebuy or sell something in large quantities at lower prices


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