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Chapter 2 Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| vigilance committee | volunteers who reinforce law and order in boomtowns |
| hydraulic mining | spraying high pressured water at a hill or mountain and to wash away minerals |
| open range | vast area of grassland owned by the government |
| hacienda | a huge ranch |
| barrios | Spanish speaking neighborhoods in towns or cities |
| homestead | a piece of public land available for settlement |
| dry farming | planting seeds in deep ground where there is some moisture |
| sodbuster | Great Plains farmers |
| bonanza farm | a large, highly profitable wheat farm |
| nomad | moving from place to place to find food |
| annuity | money paid by contract at regular intervals |
| assimilate | to get a group to have the same culture as another one |
| allotment | a piece of land given to a person or a family to cultivate it |