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Chapter 18 Vocabulary-Closing the West
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| lode | rich ore sandwiched between layers of rock |
| ore | gold, silver, copper |
| vigilante | citizens who take the law into thier own hands |
| ghost town | desereted mining town |
| subsidies | money given to railroad companies for each mile they put down |
| transcontinental | across the continent |
| open range | not fenced in |
| brand | symbol to show ownership of cattle |
| vacquero | Spanish cowboy |
| homestead | govenment land given to settlers willing to farm for five years encouraged Great Plains farmers |
| sodbusters | Great Plains farmers |
| dry farming | seeds planted deep into soil where there was moisture, used on Great Plains |
| barbed wire | used by farmers to keep cattle off their crops |
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