Chapter 17

2. a geographic region in which the same standard time is used
6. money
9. an appeal to the common people
12. going across a continent
14. to earn ownership of land by living on it
16. a contributing cause
18. a cowhand, particularly a Mexican cowhand
19. a farming method that depends on plowing after every rain and snow to trap moisture in the soil in dry, non-irrigated land
20. to settle at a place; to exist at a place
21. name given to Great Plains farmers

1. drives a trip of several hundred miles on which ranchers led their cattle to railroads and distant markets
3. to remove or take out with force
4. enterprise owned by and operated for the benefit of a certain group
5. total amount
7. a network of local farmers’ groups
8. money or goods given by a person or government to support a project that benefits the public
10. to begin
11. an area of land set aside for use by a group
13. moving from place to place in a fixed pattern
15. to make certain
17. shared in common