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| Texas Longhorns | Mixed breed of Spanish and English cattle |
| Cattle Kingdom | Vast expanse of ranches from Texas to Montana |
| Open Range | Public land used to graze cattle on |
| Range Rights | The water rights to ponds or rivers in an area |
| Vaqueros | Mexican cowboys who taught their cattle skills to U.S. ranchers |
| Roundup | The process of gathering the cattle to sell, brand or drive North |
| Cattle Drive | The process of moving the cattle to the market or to grazing land |
| Chisholm Trail | One of the earliest and most popular cattle trail that originally ended in Abilene, KS |
| Range Wars | Competition between ranchers and farmers over water and land rights |
| Homestead Act | This gave government owned land to small farmers |
| Morrill Act | The U.S. government gave land to states for colleges and technical schools |
| Exodusters | African-Americans from the South who settled in the Central Plains looking for better opportunities |
| Sodbusters | The nickname for farmers and the plows that they used |
| Dry Farming | The method of raising crops that are not as dependent on water, like wheat |
| Charles Goodnight | Rancher who started the western trail to bring cattle from Texas to Dodge City, KS |
| Jesse Chisholm | Rancher who started the Chisholm trail from Texas to Newton, KS |
| Joseph Glidden | Inventor of barbed wire |
| John Deere | Invented the heavy steel plow that helped farmers break up the Plains farmers |
| Cyrus McCormick | Inventor of the mechanical reaper |
| Timber & Culture Act | US govt. plan to give land to farmers if they planted trees on 1/4 of their land |
| Oklahoma Land Run | Indian Territory was given away when the US govt. allowed settlers to rush into the Indian territory and claim land |
