Unit 6 Vocab

4. A government official or representative in charge of a department or district individuals
7. African American soldiers that fought against the American Indians in the West.
9. machines that separate grains and seeds from plants
12. 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.
13. A breed of cattle with long horns
14. violent disputes caused by the fencing of the open range between farmers and ranchers.
16. Spanish cowboys gave origin to the Texas cowboy
19. fencing designed with sharp points
20. meeting places of two or more lines of a railroad

1. Devices using wind power to pump water from underground to the surface
2. Railroad that runs across the continent
3. a mark made by burning or otherwise to indicate ownership.
5. The land that forms the furthest extent of a country’s territory that has little inhabitant
6. process of moving a herd of cattle from one place to another, usually moved and herded by Cowboys on horses.
8. A large yard containing pens and sheds, typically adjacent to a slaughterhouse, in which livestock is kept and stored.
10. farming techniques, such as terracing, used in a dry climate to keep moisture in the soil.
11. Disease spread by ticks brought by cattle on the drives from Texas.
14. A cattle thief
15. a type of beetle that infests the cotton plant
17. Unfenced land
18. a person who cared for the extra horses on a cattle drive.