Western Expansion Vocabulary

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Undeveloped area

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frontier

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Communities that grew suddenly due to new mines

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Boomtowns

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Movement of cattle herds

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Cattle drive

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Railroad connecting East and West

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Transcontinental Railroad

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Mail delivery by horseback

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Pony Express

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Areas set aside for Native Americans

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Reservations

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Nickname for Great Plains farmers

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Sodbusters

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Nickname for African American cavalry

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Buffalo Soldier

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Farming with hardy, low-water crops

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Dry farming

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Decrease in money supply & lower prices

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Deflation