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US history words
Term | Definition |
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Transcontinental Railroad | A contiguous network of railroad trackage that crosses a continental land mass with terminals at different oceans or continental borders. |
Barbed Wire | Wire with clusters of short, sharp spikes set at intervals along it, used to make fences or in warfare as an obstruction. |
Comstock Lode | A lode of silver located under the eastern slope of mount davidson. |
Boom Towns | A town undergoing rapid growth due to sudden properity. |
Dime Novels | A cheap, popular novel, typically a melodramatic romance or adventure story. |
Morrill Land Grants | 17 million acres of federal land to the states. |
Wheat Belt | A region where wheat is the chief agriculture product. |
Bonanza Farms | Very large farms in the united states performing large scale operations. |
The Grange | It sponsors social activities, community service, and political lobbying. |
Omaha Platform | The party program adopted at the formative convention of the populist party held in omaha, nebraska on july 4th, 1892. |