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unit 6 vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| exticion | complete destruction |
| dragoon | mounted soldiers |
| guerrilla | soldiers who are not part of a regular army |
| despredo | reckless,bold outlaws |
| salt creek massacre | kiwoa tribe leaders kkkkjlkl |
| industry | the processing of raw materlias into goods for sale |
| avenge | to harm or punish someone who harmed you |
| benefical | producing good, helpful results or outcomes |
| confined | trapped in a very small area. |
| merge | to join or come together |
| vaquero | spanish cowboys |
| larit | a long rope with a noose at one end uesd to round up cattle |
| quaratine | to isolate or separate to prevent the spreading of disease |
| drovers | people who move livestock to market |
| remuda | a group of spare horses used on a cattle drive |
| mustang | wild horses |
| open range | a vast area of undevolped public land held by the state goverment for future sale |
| internal improvments | changes to a communtiy that help boost a regions economy & population. |
| strike | a work stoppage to force an employers to meet certain demands. |
| enclosed | fence area |
| felony | a serious crime that usually results in a prison sentance. |
| dominate | to be the most common |
| elimanate | to remove or get rid of somthing |
| enable | to allow |
| reilabe | able to be trusted to provide somthing that is needed |
| commercial agriculture | the growing of crops for sale in order to make profit |
| bonds | certificates issued by a corpration or the goverment that promise to repay with intrest the amounts borrowed from the buyers. |
| land grants | a block of public land that a goverment gives to a business,schools,or other organzation. |
| irrigate | an artifical way to supply water to land |
| intrest | the price paid for the use of borrowed money. |
| cease | to stop happening |
| incentive | a reward that encourges a certain behavior |
| surplus | an amount of somthing that is more than what is needed |
| tenat farmers | a person who rents a plot of land from its owner and pays for its use with a share the crop |
| supply&demand | a law of econicms |
| depresions | a period of low ecomic activity & high enployment |
| cotton gin | a machine that removes the seeds from cotton |
| cottonseed oil | oil from cottonseeds |
| bank notes | a peice of paper issued by the bank that promises to pay the holder a certin sum of money |
| comercial bank | a bank that handles everday financal services to businesses |
| state charted bank | banks controlled by the states rather than by an indivual or corportion |
| gristmill | a mill that grinds into flour |
| sawmill | a machine that cuts timer into boards |
| charter | a contract or agreement |
| enable | to make somthing able to do something |
| innvotion | a new idea, device,or method |
| regulate | to make rule that help control somthing |
| capitol | a building which lawmakers meet |
| rebates | a deducation from the amount paid for something |
| trusts | a group of firms that agree to work together to discourge compitietion |
| monopoly | the complete control of a commodity or service in a single industry |
| trolley | a streetcar powered by overhead electric cables |
| segregation | the seperation of people |
| lynching | the murder of a person by a mob action and without a fair trial |
| commodity | something that is bought and sold |
| diplomacy | the quality of being skilled at dealing with people without calling bad feelings |
| dwinde | to gradually become smaller |
| embrace | to accept readily and gladly |
| rampant | spreading quickly ; out of control |
| revive | to become strong an active again |
| barrier island | an island that protects a coast from from the damaging effects of the tide |
| hurricanes | a tropical strom with sustained winds of at least 74 miles per hour |
| wildcaters | people who took great risks by drilling in areas not known to have oil |
| roughneck | field hands who work in the oil indutry |
| splintop | south of beaumount ,an area where oil was struck that was a major source of oil in the state of texas |
| inafrastruce | the basic equipment and structures, such as roads and bridges that are needed for a country or city to function proplerly |
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