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Chapter 10
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Subsistence Farming | |
| Homestead Act | |
| Land Speculator | |
| Market | |
| Diversified Farming | |
| Grange | |
| Cooperative | |
| The practice of producing enough food for one’s own family but not enough to sell at a market | |
| 1862 law that provided 160 acres of land to settlers who would live on it and farm for five years | |
| Someone who buys and sells land, hoping to make a profit, often at a great financial risk | |
| An area of a great financial activity in which people buy and sell goods and services markets are where prices are determined | |
| the practice of producing a variety of crops and livestock on one farm | |
| a nationwide organization for farmers that supports their economic well-being and their political interests | |
| an organization formed to help its members buy or sell products as a large group in order to get better prices | |
| Regulate | to control or adjust something in order to change how it works |