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unit 6 vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| extinction | complete destruction |
| dragoon | mounted soliders |
| guerrilla | soldiers who are not apart of a regular army |
| salt creek massacre | Kiowa tribe leaders and 100 Kiowans raided a wagon train, killed seven Anglos and burned all of their wagons. |
| Quanah parker | the son of Comanche chief, Peta Nocona and Cynthia Ann Parker. He was a skilled hunter and he and his band of Indians repeatedly outwitted the U.S. Army and ruled the Texas plains. |
| industry | the processing of the raw materials into goods for sale. |
| avenge | to harm or punish someone who harmed you. |
| beneficial | producing good, helpful results or outcomes. |
| confined | trapped in a very small area. |
| merge | to join or come together |
| vaquero | Spanish cowboys |
| lariat | a long rope with a noose at one end used to round up cattle |
| quarantine | to isolate or separate to prevent the spreading of disease |
| drovers | people who move life stock to market |
| remuda | a group of spare horses used on a cattle drive |
| mustang | wild horses |
| open range | a vast area of undeveloped public land held by the state government for future sale |
| internal improvements | changes to a community that help boost a regions economy & population |
| strike | a work stoppage to force an employers to meet certain demands |
| enclosure | fenced in areas |
| felony | a serious crime that usually results in a prison sentence |
| dominate | to be the most common |
| eliminate | to remove or get rid of something |
| enable | to allow |
| reliable | able to be trusted to provide something that is needed |
| commercial agriculture | the growing of crops for sale in order to make profit |
| bonds | certificates issued by a corporation or the government that promise to repay with interest borrowed from the buyers |
| land grants | a block of public land that the government gives to a business, school, or other organization. |
| irrigate | an artificial way to supply water to land |
| interest | the paid for the use of borrowed money. |
| southern pacific railroad | the most important railroad company in 1883. they completed a second rail line that stretched from one side of the United States to the other. |
| cease | to stop happening |
| incentive | a reward that encourages a certain behavior |
| surplus | an amount of something that is more of what is needed |
| desperado | reckless, bold outlaws |
| tenant farmers | a person who rents a plot of land and pays for its use with share of the crop |
| supply & demand | a law of economics that states that when the supply of an item is greater than the demand for it, the prices drop. On the other hand, when the items are scares, and demand for those items are high, the price increases |
| depressions | a period of low economic activity & high unemployment |
| cotton gin | a machine that removes the seed from cotton. |
| cottonseed oil | the oil cottonseeds |
| bank notes | a piece of paper issued by a bank that promises to pay the holder a certain sum of money |
| commercial bank | a bank that handles everyday financial services to business |
| gristmill | a mill that grinds grain into flour |
| sawmill | a machine that cuts timer into boards |
| charter | a contract or agreement |
| enable | to make something able to do something |
| innovation | a new idea, device, or method |
| regulate | to make rules that help control something |
| capitol | a building in which the law makers meet |
| rebates | a deduction from the amount paid for something |
| trusts | a group of firms that agree to work together to discourage competition |
| monopoly | the complete control of a commodity or |
| trolley | a streetcar powered by overhead electric cables |
| segregation | the seperation of people by race |
| lynching | a mob kills someone, with or without a legal trial |
| commodity | something that is bought & sold |
| dwindle | to gradually become smaller. |
| embrace | to accept readily and gladly |
| rampant | spreading rapidly; out of control |
| revive | to become strong active again to bring something back to use |
| barrier island | an island that protects a coast from damaging effects of the tide |
| hurricanes | a tropical storm with sutained winds of atleast 74 miles per hour |
| wildcaters | people who took great risk drilling in areas not known to have oil |
| roughneck | field hands in the oil industry |
| spindle top | south of beaumont, an area where oil was struck that was a mojor source. |
| infrastructure | the basic equiptment and structure, such as roads and bridges that are needed for a country. |
| diplomacy | the quality of being skilled at handling someone without causing angry feelings |
| desperado | reckless, bold outlaws |
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