Unit 08: Cotton, Cattle, Railroads and Closing the Texas Frontier – 1866-1900 Vocabulary (Part 1) by ALEXIS CALAMACO https://padlet.com/alexis_calamaco_stu/got9w9123yxt Made with Rainbows en-us 2017-01-17 21:21:04 UTC 2025-12-08 12:03:48 UTC hello@padlet.com Subsistence farming-the practice of growing enough crops to provide for one's family group. alexis_calamaco_stu https://padlet.com/alexis_calamaco_stu/got9w9123yxt/wish/147687330 The farmer was subsistence for survival for his family.]]> 2017-01-17 21:22:38 UTC https://padlet.com/alexis_calamaco_stu/got9w9123yxt/wish/147687330 commercial agriculture-the practice of growing surplus crops to sell for profit. alexis_calamaco_stu https://padlet.com/alexis_calamaco_stu/got9w9123yxt/wish/147687535 The leftovers crops were sold for money.]]> 2017-01-17 21:23:44 UTC https://padlet.com/alexis_calamaco_stu/got9w9123yxt/wish/147687535 vaqueros-spanish term for cowboy. alexis_calamaco_stu https://padlet.com/alexis_calamaco_stu/got9w9123yxt/wish/147687686 The vaqueros were about to have a epic showdown. ]]> 2017-01-17 21:24:35 UTC https://padlet.com/alexis_calamaco_stu/got9w9123yxt/wish/147687686 urbanization-the process of increasing human settlement in cities. alexis_calamaco_stu https://padlet.com/alexis_calamaco_stu/got9w9123yxt/wish/147687818 Urbanization was increasing by 1866]]> 2017-01-17 21:25:20 UTC https://padlet.com/alexis_calamaco_stu/got9w9123yxt/wish/147687818 settlement patterns-the spatial distribution of where humans inhabit the Earth. alexis_calamaco_stu https://padlet.com/alexis_calamaco_stu/got9w9123yxt/wish/147687952 farmers show settlement patterns where is is alot of water and grass.]]> 2017-01-17 21:26:03 UTC https://padlet.com/alexis_calamaco_stu/got9w9123yxt/wish/147687952 Barbed wire-twisted wires armed with barbs or sharp points alexis_calamaco_stu https://padlet.com/alexis_calamaco_stu/got9w9123yxt/wish/147688193 Barbed wire was set so that cow theifs didn't steal cows.]]> 2017-01-17 21:27:25 UTC https://padlet.com/alexis_calamaco_stu/got9w9123yxt/wish/147688193 Ranches-a farm or area devoted to a particular specialty alexis_calamaco_stu https://padlet.com/alexis_calamaco_stu/got9w9123yxt/wish/147688280 Ranches were made for crops and animals.]]> 2017-01-17 21:27:57 UTC https://padlet.com/alexis_calamaco_stu/got9w9123yxt/wish/147688280 Innovation-the introduction of something new alexis_calamaco_stu https://padlet.com/alexis_calamaco_stu/got9w9123yxt/wish/147688481 Innovation was big in the 1866 to find better ways to grow crops.]]> 2017-01-17 21:29:10 UTC https://padlet.com/alexis_calamaco_stu/got9w9123yxt/wish/147688481 technology-the use of science in industry, engineering, etc., to invent useful things or to solve problems alexis_calamaco_stu https://padlet.com/alexis_calamaco_stu/got9w9123yxt/wish/147688587 The technology wasn't that good in 1866.]]> 2017-01-17 21:29:51 UTC https://padlet.com/alexis_calamaco_stu/got9w9123yxt/wish/147688587 Stampede-a wild headlong rush or flight of frightened animals alexis_calamaco_stu https://padlet.com/alexis_calamaco_stu/got9w9123yxt/wish/147688746 Stampede would happen when a wolf would be around a herd of cattle.]]> 2017-01-17 21:31:09 UTC https://padlet.com/alexis_calamaco_stu/got9w9123yxt/wish/147688746 textiles-a fiber, filament, or yarn used in making cloth alexis_calamaco_stu https://padlet.com/alexis_calamaco_stu/got9w9123yxt/wish/147688820 textiles were important for clothes,and other stuff.]]> 2017-01-17 21:31:50 UTC https://padlet.com/alexis_calamaco_stu/got9w9123yxt/wish/147688820 Windmill-a mill or machine operated by the wind usually acting on oblique vanes or sails that radiate from a horizontal shaft; especially : a wind-driven water pump or electric generator alexis_calamaco_stu https://padlet.com/alexis_calamaco_stu/got9w9123yxt/wish/147688937 windmills were famous on windy areas and to create electricity.]]> 2017-01-17 21:32:42 UTC https://padlet.com/alexis_calamaco_stu/got9w9123yxt/wish/147688937 Irrigation-the watering of land by artificial means to foster plant growth alexis_calamaco_stu https://padlet.com/alexis_calamaco_stu/got9w9123yxt/wish/147689055 The irrigation needs to be good in order to grow crops and support animals.]]> 2017-01-17 21:33:27 UTC https://padlet.com/alexis_calamaco_stu/got9w9123yxt/wish/147689055 Treaty-the action of treating and especially of negotiating alexis_calamaco_stu https://padlet.com/alexis_calamaco_stu/got9w9123yxt/wish/147689145 Treatys were good for keeping farmers from taking animals away.]]> 2017-01-17 21:34:00 UTC https://padlet.com/alexis_calamaco_stu/got9w9123yxt/wish/147689145