Economic Growth Vocabulary

2. machines that separate grains and seeds from plants
5. Railroad that runs across the continent
9. A government official or representative in charge of a department or district individuals
11. A cattle thief
13. Devices using wind power to pump water from underground to the surface
15. a person who cared for the extra horses on a cattle drive.
17. fencing designed with sharp points
18. A process of economic expansion and contraction that occurs repeatedly. During the boom the economy grows, jobs are plentiful and the market brings high returns to investors. In the subsequent bus the economy shrinks, people lose their job and investors lose money.
20. The land that forms the furthest extent of a country’s territory that has little inhabitants

1. meeting places of two or more lines of a railroad
2. Disease spread by ticks brought by cattle on the drives from Texas.
3. African American soldiers that fought against the American Indians in the West.
4. Spanish cowboys gave origin to the Texas cowboy
6. farming techniques, such as terracing, used in a dry climate to keep moisture in the soil.
7. Unfenced land
8. A breed of cattle with long horns
10. A large yard containing pens and sheds, typically adjacent to a slaughterhouse, in which livestock is kept and stored.
12. a type of beetle that infests the cotton plant
14. process of moving a herd of cattle from one place to another, usually moved and herded by Cowboys on horses.
16. a mark made by burning or otherwise to indicate ownership.
19. violent disputes caused by the fencing of the open range between farmers and ranchers.