History Vocab. 2

Question 0

Subsidy

Answer 0

Grant of money from the government to a person or a company for an action intended to benefit the public

Question 1

Vigilante

Answer 1

Someone who takes the law into their own hands

Question 2

Transcontinental

Answer 2

Extending across a continent

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Time zone

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A geographical region within the same standard of time is used

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Long Drive

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The herding of cattle for 1000 miles or more to meet the railroad

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Sodbuster

Answer 5

A name given to the Plains farmer

Question 6

Vaquero

Answer 6

Hispanic ranch hand

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Dry farming

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A way of farming dry land in which seeds are planted deep in the ground where there is some moisture

Question 8

Homestead

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To acquire a piece of US public land by living on and cultivating it

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Nomadic

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Moving from place to place with no permanent home

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Reservation

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An area of public lands set aside for Native Americans

Question 11

National Grange

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The first farmers’ organization in the United States

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Cooperative

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Store where farmers bought products from each other; an enterprise owned and operated by those who its services

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Populism

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Appeal to the common people