Homestead Act - to get public land by living on it and farming it for a period of time, Settlers - A person who arrives from another place, in order to live there, Assimilate - To absorb a group into the culture of a larger population, Pioneer - A person who opens the way for others to follow , Reservation - An area of public land that is set aside for Native Americans , Fortyniners - A group of Pioneers that went west to discover gold in California, Cowboy - A young unmarried man that went west to ride horses and drive cattle, Treaty - A formal agreement between the government of two countries , Sod - Soil and grass, Dry Farming - A method to plant seeds deep in the ground, in order to get moisture , Transcontinental Railroad - Connected the East and West Coast of the United States, Oregon Trail - 2000 mile long path that American Pioneers followed to the Williamette Valley, Resistance - To not accept or comply with something,

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