Chapter 18 vocabulary

Sum

Amount or total

Extract

to remove, usually by force

Vigilante

people who take the law into their own hands

Subsidy

 grant of money from the government to a person or company for an action intended to benefit the public.

Transcontinental

extending across a continent

Time zone

a geographical region within which the same standard of time is used

Long drive

the herding of cattle for 1,000 miles or more to meet the railroad

Locate

establish

Vaquero

Hispanic ranch hand

Factor

contributing circumstance

Homestead

to acquire a piece of U.S. public land by living on and cultivating it

Sodbuster

a name given to the plains farmer

Dry farming

a way of farming dry land in which seeds are planted deep into the ground where there is some moisture.

Ensure

make certain

Nomadic

moving from place to place with no permanent home

Reservation

an area of public lands set aside for Native Americans

Widespread

far-reaching

Create

to form; to make

National Grange

the first farmers organization in the United States

Cooperative

work together

Populism

appeal to the common people

Currency

metal coins and paper notes used as money