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Westward Expansion

Moving West in America

TermDefinition
extract To remove by force
adapt To change in order to meet the demands of a certain environment or circumstance
Prior Happening before an event
Vigilance Committee Group of ordinary citizens formed by local law enforcement officers whose goal is to find criminals and bring them to justice
Hydraulic Mining Method of mining using water at high pressure to wash away the materials to find minerals
open range vast areas of grassland owned by the federal government
Boomtowns Community undergoing rapid growth due to sudden economic shock
Hacienda Huge ranch
Barrios Spanish speaking neighborhoods in a town or city
Prospective To be likely to, or have intentions to preform an act
Homestead A piece of U.S. public land acquired by filing a record and living on and cultivating it
Dry Farming A way of farming dry land in which seeds are planted deep in the ground where there is some moisture
Sodbuster Name given to Great Plains farmers
Assimilate Absorb a group into the culture of another
Alloltment Plot of land assigned to an individual or a family
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