(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.
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Pioneer – A person who settles in a new or undeveloped area.
Transcontinental Railroad – A railroad that connected the eastern U.S. to the western U.S., completed in 1869.
Homestead Act (1862) – A law that gave settlers 160 acres of free land if they farmed it for five years.
Treaty – A formal agreement between two or more groups or nations, often involving land.
Settlement – A place where people establish homes and communities.
Native Americans – Indigenous peoples who lived in North America before European settlers arrived.
Louisiana Purchase – The 1803 land deal in which the U.S. bought land from France, doubling the nation’s size.
Oregon Trail – A long trail settlers used to travel west to Oregon, California, and Utah.
Trail of Tears – The forced relocation of Native Americans, especially the Cherokee, during which many died.
Territory – An organized region of land not yet admitted as a state.
Gold Rush – A rapid movement of people to an area after gold is discovered, especially the California Gold Rush of 1849.
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Manifest Destiny – The belief that the United States was meant to expand west from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
Indian Removal Act (1830) – A law that forced Native American tribes to move west of the Mississippi River.
Westward Expansion – The movement of settlers and immigrants west across the United States during the 1800s.
Frontier – The edge of settled land, where civilization met wilderness.