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Chapter 2 Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Vigilance Committee | Groups of volunteers that took the Law in their own hands. |
| Hydraulic Mining | Mining using high water pressure to remove large quantities of earth. |
| Open Range | A vast grassland that the government made public. |
| Hacienda | Huge ranches owned by elite landowners. |
| Barrios | Hispanic settled neighborhoods. |
| Homestead | An amount of public land that is available for settlement. |
| Dry Farming | Method of planting seeds deep enough to gain moister. |
| Sodbuster | People who plowed the great plains. |
| Bonanza Farms | Large wheat farms that yielded large amounts of profit. |
| Nomad | People who roam the lands in search of food. |
| Annuity | Money paid by contract at regular intervals. |
| Assimilate | To merge into another groups culture. |
| Allotment | A plot of land assigned to an individual or family to use. |