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18 1 miners, ranchers, and railroads
1. CHAPTER 18:
Americans Move West
Section 1:
Miners, Ranchers, and Railroads
2. VOCABULARY
Frontier: An undeveloped area
Boomtown: Western community that grew quickly
because of a mining boom and often disappeared when
the boom ended
3. MORE AMERICANS MOVE WEST
After the
war, more people
moved west
They came to
the frontier for
new jobs & life
30. THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD
Effects of the Transcontinental Railroad
• More settlement West
• Increased business East-West
• RR companies very powerful