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Westward Expansion (Homestead Act (160 acres of free land, In Great Plans,…
Westward Expansion
Homestead Act
160 acres of free land
In Great Plans
In 5 years
Immigration
Ireland
Norway
Chinese
Sod house
A home build from the grass
Great Plains
Trees were scare
The Dawes Act
A law meant to help Native Americans
White homesteaders
Teaching Native Americans to live like white farmers
Reservation
A piece of land
Government
Forced Native Americans to live and not leave
Cowboys
African
Americans
Hispanic
Ghost town
Started out as a boomtown
Lost all citizens
Ran out of gold, silver, etc.
Entrepenearship
production by a person
resources to create a new business
very RISKY
buffalo
they were killed
Native American
30,000.000
Boomtown
a town that quickly grows
gold, silver,
valuable natural resources
Railroad
Train
Change everything
Moving West
