Social Studies Pioneer Vocab

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Buffalo

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wild oxen; popularly, american bison

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Cholera

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any of several intestinal diseases

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Conestoga Wagon

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A broad-wheeled covered wagon used for hauling freight in colonial America;named after Conestoga valley, Lancaster County,Pennsylvania, where the wagons were made.

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Drought

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long period of dryness

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Emigrate

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to leave one's place of residence to live elsewhere

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Emigration

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the act of emigrating, or moving away

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Epidemic

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a disease that spreads rapidly among many individuals in a community at the same time; the rapid spreading of such a disease

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Midwest

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the part of the United States west of the Appalachian Mountains, and north of the Ohio River and the southern boundaries of Missouri and Kansas

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Migrate

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to move from one place to another, change

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Migration

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movement from one place to another

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Missionary

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a person sent on a mission, often a religious one; a person who tries to convert people of other faiths to his or her own faith.

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Native Americans

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the collective name for the thousands of people who lived in present-day United States land long before Europeans settled in the Americas; also known as American Indians

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Oregon Trail

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former route extending from the Missouri River in Missouri northwest to the Columbia River in what in what is today Oregon, much used by westward migrants

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Oregon Country

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territory stretching from present-day northern California to the southern border of of Alaska

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Pioneer

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a person who goes before, preparing the way for others, as an early settler

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Plains

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large areas of level or rolling largely treeless country

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Prairie

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a large area of level or slightly rolling grassland, especially one in the Mississippi Valley

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Prairie Schooner

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a large, box-shaped covered wagon used by pioneers in the nineteenth century to cross the american prairies

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Reservation

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land set aside by the United States government for Native Americans

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Sagebrush

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any of number of grayish plants that smell like sage, common to the dry, alkaline areas of western North America

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Topography

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the science of drawing on maps and charts or otherwise representing the surface features of a region, including its relief and rivers, etc.; the surface features of a place or region

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Trailblazer

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a pioneer in any field; one who first ventured west, creating or "blazing" the trail

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Westward Ho!

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the phrase that became a symbol of encouragement and daring to settlers heading west