Chapter 17- Vocabulary Flashcards
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Subsidies
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Grants for $ or land
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Vigilantes
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Self appointed law keepers
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Travois
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Small sleds
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Tepees
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Cone shaped tents
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Reservation
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Land set aside for people/animal. Ex Indian reservation
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Open range
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Open area/unfenced
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Cattle drive
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Moving of cattle to one big area to another
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Vaquero
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Spanish cowboy
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Cow town
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Settlement at end of a cattle trail
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Cattle kingdom
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Cattle industry
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Homesteader
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Settler who acquired freeland
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Sod
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Surface of soil, typically used for building homes
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Sodbusters
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Plains farmers
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Sooners
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Sneaked onto others land
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Granges
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Farmers who meet for lectures etc
