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11/26/2017

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Transcontinental Railroad
Definition
 railroad that goes from one side of a continent to the next
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Rutherford B. Hayes
Definition
19th U.S. president
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Stanford University
Definition
Californian College opened in 1891
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Wildlife Preserve
Definition
place where Wildlife is able to roam free
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Leland Stanford
Definition
governor of California who finished the Transcontinental Railroad
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Abraham Lincoln
Definition
16th U.S. president
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California
Definition
Western U.S. state
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The Great Plains
Definition
mid western region of the U.S.
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Farmland 
Definition
land used for agriculture
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goldrush 
Definition
a time the 1800s when people earned money by panning for gold 
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cattle drive
Definition
a cowhand drove all their cattle around the country
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May 10, 1869
Definition
the day that the Transcontinental Railroad was finished 
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Andrew Johnson
Definition
17th U.S. president
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Ulysses S. Grant
Definition
18th U.S. president
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James Garfield
Definition
20th U.S. president
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Chester A. Arthur
Definition
21st U.S. president
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Grover Cleveland
Definition
22nd and 24th U.S. president 
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Benjamin Harrison
Definition
23rd U.S. president 
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Native American
Definition
one whose ancestors lived in North America before the white settlers 
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Union Pacific
Definition
company who helped build the Transcontinental from the West Coast
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Central Pacific
Definition
company that helped build the Transcontinental Railroad from the Mideast u.s.
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Colorado 
Definition
western U.S. state
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Ohio 
Definition
western U.S. state
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Indiana
Definition
western U.S. state
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Purdue University 
Definition
U.S. University in Indiana 
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Chicago
Definition
western U.S. state
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Kansas 
Definition
state in the west part of the U.S.
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Origin 
Definition
a state located in the west part of the U.S.
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Washington State 
Definition
U.S. state found in the part of the country 
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reservation 
Definition
a place reserved for something in this case native americans
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Iowa 
Definition
a state opened in the western U.S.
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Nabraska 
Definition
state opened in the west side of the U.S.
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University of Chicago 
Definition
college in Chicago that opened in 1892
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Texas 
Definition
state located in the western U.S.
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Nevada 
Definition
U.S. state in the west side of the country 
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Montana
Definition
U.S. western state
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Wyoming
Definition
state in the west of the U.S.
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Idaho
Definition
state in the western side of the U.S.
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North Dakota 
Definition
North Dakota
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 South Dakota
Definition
State found in the western side of the U.S.
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