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unit 6 vocab
vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| extinction | complete destruction |
| dragoon | mounted soldiers |
| guerrilla | soldiers that are not apart of a regular army |
| desperado | reckless, bold outlaws |
| Salt creek massacre | Kiowa tribe leaders and 100 Kiowans raided a wagon train, killed 7 anglos and burned all their wagons |
| Quanah parker | The son of Comanche Chief, peta Nocona and cynthia Ann Parker. He was skilled hunter and his band of inians repeatedly outwitted the U.S |
| industry | the processing of raw materials into goods for sale |
| avenge | to harm or punish someone who harmed you |
| beneficial | producing good, helpful results or outcomes |
| confined | trapped in a vary small area |
| merge | to join or come together |
| vaquero | Spanish cowboys |
| quarantine | to isolate or seperate from people |
| drovers | people who move livestock to market |
| remuda | a group of spare horses used on a cattle drive |
| mustang | wild horse |
| open range | a vast area of udeveloped public land held by state goverment |
| internal improvements | changes to a community that helped boost a regouns econmy |
| strike | a work stoppage to force an employers to meet certain demands |
| enclousure | fenced area |
| felony | a serious crime that usually result in prison time |
| dominate | to be most common |
| eliminate | to remove or get rid of something |
| enable | to allow |
| reliable | able to be trusted |
| commercial agriculture | the growing of crops for sale in order to make profit |
| bonds | certificate issued by a corperation or the goverment thst promised to repay |
| land grants | A block of republic land that the goverment gives to a buisness |
| irrigate | an artifisul way to supply water to land |
| interest | the price paid for the use of borrowed money |
| southern pacific railroads | The most important railroad company in1883 |
| cease | to stop happening |
| incentive | a reward that encourages a certain behavore |
| surplus | an amount of something that is more than what is needed |
| tenant farmers | A person who rents a plot of land from its owner and pays for its use with share of the crop |
| supply & demand | A law of demand that states that when the supley |
| cotton gin | A machine that removes the seeds from the cotton |
| cottonseed oil | the oil from cottonseed |
| bank notes | a peice of paper issued by a bank |
| commercial banks | a bank that handles everyday finacail |
| state charted bank | banks controled by the state |
| gristmill | a mill that grinds grain into flour |
| sawmill | a machine that cuts wood |
| charter | a contract |
| enable | to make something able to do something |
| innovation | a new idea |
| regulate | to make rules that help control something |
| capitol | a building in which the lawmakers meet |
| rebates | a deductions from the amount paid for something |
| trusts | a group of firms that agree to work |
| monopoly | the compleet control of a comunity |
| trolley | a streetcar powered by overhead electricity |
| segregation | the seperation of blacks and whites |
| lynching | the murder of someone without a fair trail |
| commodity | something that is bought and sold |
| diplomacy | the quality of being skilled |
| dwindle | to graduly come small |
| embrace | to accept reaidly |
| rampant | spreading quikly |
| revive | to become strong and active agine |
| barrier island | protects the coast |
| hurricanes | tropical storm that can traval up to 74 miles an hour |
| wildcaters | people who took great risks drilling in areas not know to have oil |
| roughneck | field hands who work in the oil indutry |
| spindletop | south of buamont, an area where oil was struck that was a major source of oil |
| infastructure | the basic equiptment and structures such as roads and bridages that are needed for a country |
| lariat | a long rope with nose |
| depression | a period of low times |
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