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6 Cards in this Set
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Tariff |
A tax on goods brought into a country. |
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Spoils system |
The system of giving government jobs to people who had helped get the winner elected, |
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canal |
A human-made waterway. |
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Mountain man |
A fur trapper and trader who lived in the mountains and knew the wilderness. |
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Forty-niner |
A person who went to California in 1849 to find gold. |
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Ranch |
A large farm with grazing land for raising horses, cattle, or sheep. |
