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Unit 1 Vocab
Western Exspantion
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History
7th Grade
09/25/2009

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Texas Longhorn
Definition
hardly bread of cattle raised by ranchers throughout out western Texas
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open rang
Definition
public land used by ranchers to graze herds
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rang rights
Definition
rights to use sourses on the Great Plains; ranchers bought this right to given them exclusive control over the water and land around them
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vaqueros
Definition
Mexican cowboys in the west that tended to cattle
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round up
Definition
act of driving cattle together collecting them in a herd
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cattle drive
Definition
long journeys on witch cowboys herd cattle to northern markets or grazing lands
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rang wars
Definition
battles among ranchers and framers for use of the great plains
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sod busters
Definition
name given to to plains farmers and plows used to up the regions tough sod
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dry farming
Definition
farming with little or no water
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dust storms
Definition
storms of dust
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reservation
Definition
lands reserved for Indians to live on
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constatoga wagon
Definition
a wagon used to travel the Great Plains
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rail roads
Definition
a way of travels by a train
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barbed wire
Definition
wire with prics to seperate land and keep cattel in and others out
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win mills
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non-contiguous
Definition
not part of the whole continet
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transcontinental rail road
Definition
rail that goes accros the whole continent
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