| A | B |
|---|
| people who worked for reforms to improve society | progressives |
| people who worked on an oil field | rough necks |
| People who took great risks trying to drill for a gusher | wild catters |
| Have more products than are in demand | surplus |
| body of land that protects a coast | barrier island |
| person who supported the US | Unionist |
| Texas outlaws | desperados |
| cowboys that brought herds of cattle north | drovers |
| a strict isolation to prevent diseases, referring to cattle for SS | quarantine |
| ships that slip past blockades to deliver goods | blockade runner |
| the growing of crops for sale to make a profit | commercial agriculture |
| machine that removes the seeds from cotton | cotton gin |
| series of storms that created environmental disaster in 1930s | Dust Bowl |
| A serious crime that typically results in prison sentence | felony |
| soldiers not part of a regular army | guerillas |
| wild horses brught to TX by Spanish, eventually these ranches created | mustangs |
| not taking sides -- like US at the beginning of WWI | neutral |
| vast area of undev. public land helpd by state govt for future use, most W TX farmers had cattle graze here | open range |
| Helped enforce the law in frontier TX but their tactics were often violent, main job to protect settlers against Indians | Texas Rangers |
| mounted soldiers in the US army | dragoons |
| right to vote --1919 TX first S. state to ratify the 19th ammendment | suffrage |
| Spanish cowboys | vaqueros |
| to prevent passage of a law | veto |
| One of three branches, made up of Senate and House. Power to make laws | Legislative Branch |
| Supreme commander of Allied forces in Europe, WWII, | Dwight Eisenhower |
| set of laws to restrict African Americans, such as sittng on juries and holding public offie | black codes |
