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19 Cards in this Set
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Cyrus McCormick |
Invented the first mechanical reaper |
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Longhorns |
Ranchers in Texas that were raising large herds of cattle |
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American cowboys |
Men that the rancher would hire to take care of his cattle |
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A mark put on cattle with a hot iron |
Branded |
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Cow town |
Towns with railroads |
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Stampede |
When cattle ran wild |
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Buffalo Bill |
Famous man of the America west. He was a pony rider, army scout, and Indian fighter |
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Annie Oakley |
She starred in buffalo Wild west show. Amazing marksman |
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Sitting bull |
Helped reenact an Indian attract on a stagecoach |
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Wild Bill Hikckok |
Indian scout and town marshall |
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Homestead act |
Passed by government that said that any family that settled in certain areas of the west could receive 160 acres of land |
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Reservation |
Land set aside by the government for the indians |
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Oklahoma land rush |
Day set aside for settlers to claim land in Oklahoma |
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Immigrant |
Person who comes to a new country to live |
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Charles Finney |
Brilliant lawyer who became one of Americas greatest revival preachers |
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Billy Sunday |
Famous baseball player |
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Dwight moody |
Americas most famous evangelist |
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Andrew Carnegie |
Brought the steel industry to America |
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John D Rockefeller |
Controlled much of Americas oil industry |