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Westward Expansion
Moving West in America
Term | Definition |
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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 |