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chap 2 vocab
Question | Answer |
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Viligance Committee | Volunteers who act as the police force |
Hydraulic mining | method of mining when water is sprayed against mountain and washes away dirt, gracel, and rock. This leaves the minerals. |
open range | big area of grass that the goverment owns |
Hacienda | a big ranch |
Barrios | neighboorhoods with spanish speaking community |
homestead | public land availabke for settlement |
dry farming | planting seeds deep in thr ground where there is moisture |
sodbuster | Great Plains farmers |
Bonanza farm | big wheat farm that makes alot of money |
nomad | people who roamed and followed their food (buffalos) |
annuity | money paid by contarct reguarly |
assimiliate | to get a group to follow another culture |
allotment | land given to a family for specfic use |