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social studies-ch17
ch17
Term | Definition |
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vigilante | self appointed law-keepers |
subsidy | grants for land or money |
transcontinental railroad | railroad line that spanned the continent |
travois | small sleds |
tepees | cone-shaoed tents made of buffalo skins |
reservation | land set aside for native americans |
open range | unfenced land in Texas |
cattle drive | herding cattle over long distances |
vaquero | spanish name for cowboys or cowhand |
cattle kingdom | region dominated by cattle industry |
homesteaders | settlers who aquired land from the government |
sod | surface layer on earth in which roots of grass tangle |
sodbusters | plains farmers |
sooners | people that snuck on land and claimed it first |
granges | groups of farmers who met for letcures, sewing bees, and other events |
farm coopertives | groups of farmers who pool their money to make a large purchases of tools,seeds, and other supplies |
inflation | general rise in prices |
william jennings bryan | supported by popilists in the election of 1896 |
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