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| the movement of a large herd of cattle by cowboys from Ranches to railroads |
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| transcontinental railroad |
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| a railroad that crosses a continent |
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| a person who claimed land on the Great Plains under the homestead act of 1862 |
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| an african American who went to kansas in the 1870s |
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| the condition of being poor |
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| the rights to own or use something |
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| territories set aside for native american |
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| a form of business in wich holders of shares of stock are the owners of the business |
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| a company that controls an entire industry |
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| a group of workers united to gain better wagons and work conditions |
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| a refusal of all the workers in a business to work until the owners meet their demand |
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| to travel back and fourth regularly |
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| to make a country or territory part of another country |
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| the war between the united states and spain in 1898 in which the united states gained control of puerto rico guam and and the Philippines |
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| an african american soldier serving in the western united states after the civil war |
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