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CCR
Cotton, Cattle and Railroad
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Cotton | a fiber, or hairlike material, that people use to make cloth and other goods |
| Brand | a mark made by burning with a hot iron to designate ownership |
| Barbed Wire | twisted wires armed with barbs or sharp points |
| Longhorn | any of a breed of relatively small cattle developed in the U.S. from descendants of the original longhorns and typically having a horn |
| Boll Weevil | a bug that feeds on the squares and bolls of the cotton plant |
| Steel | a hard metal made by combining iron and other metallic substances |
| Transportation | means of travel from one place to another. |
| Manufacturing | process of turning raw materials or parts into finished goods |
| Industry | a group of manufacturers or businesses that produce a particular kind of goods or services |
| Railroads | a permanent road laid with rails on which locomotives are run for the transportation of passengers and goods |
| Goods | physical, produced object |
| Subsistence Farming | farming for survival of one's self |
| Settlements | a colony or any small community of people |
| Stampede | large group of frightened or excited animals run together in a wild and uncontrolled way to escape from something |
| Urbanization | the increase of people living in towns and cities |
| Commerical Farming | farming for money and profit from one's crops |
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