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Chapter 2 Vocabulary

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Vigilance Committee   an unauthorized committee of citizens organized for the maintenance of order and the summary punishment of crime in the absence of regular or efficient courts.  
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Hydraulic Mining   placer mining using a pressurized stream of water.  
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Open Range   govt owned grazing land that ranchers use to feed their herds  
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Hacienda   a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families  
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Barrios   a geographical area constituting a city or town  
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Homestead   a house and surrounding land owned by a family — often, it includes a farmhouse.  
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Dry Farming   A type of farming practiced in arid areas without irrigation by planting drought-resistant crops and maintaining a fine surface tilth or mulch that protects the natural moisture of the soil from evaporation.  
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Sod buster   a person who operates a farm.  
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Bonanza farm   were very large farms in the United States performing large-scale operations, mostly growing and harvesting wheat.  
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Nomad   a member of a people having no permanent abode, and who travel from place to place to find fresh pasture for their livestock.  
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Annuity   a financial product sold by financial institutions that is designed to accept and grow funds from an individual and then, upon annuitization, pay out a stream of payments to the individual at a later point in time.  
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Assimilate   take in (information, ideas, or culture) and understand fully.  
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Allotment   a piece of land deeded by the government to a Native American, as part of the division of tribally held land.  
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