Chapter 14 Vocab

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Crossing a continent.

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transcontinental

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Unfair negative opinion leading to unjust treatment

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prejudice

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Settler's home and land

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homestead

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

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sodbusters

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Long period with little or no rain

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Drought

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A town where the railroad track begins or ends.

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railhead

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Land set aside by the government for American Indians

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reservation

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Area where an animal or plant lives or grows

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habitat

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When a type of plant or animal no longer exists

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extinct

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Change a group's culture to blend with larger groups.

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assimilate