Chapter 13

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Polygamy

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the practice of having more than one wife at a time

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vigilante

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is a self appointed law enforcer

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rancheros

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owner of ranches

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siege

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is an attack in which one force surrounds a city or fort

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frontier

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is land that forms the farthest extent of a nation's settled regions

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Cede

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to give up

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water rights

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were the legal rights to use the water from a river, stream, or other body of water

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rendezvous

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a meeting where trappers would trade furs for supplies

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forty niners

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nickname given to people who went to California in 1849 in search of gold

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manifest destiny

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was the idea that the US would extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific

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dictatorship

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is a one-person rule

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land grant

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a piece of land given by the government

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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

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formally ended the Mexican-American War

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Gadsden Purchase

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was when the US paid Mexico 10 million dollars for the rest of Arizona and New Mexico

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William Becknell

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created the Santa Fe Trail

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John Jacob Astor

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established the American Fur Company

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Narcissa Whitman

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Stated that sometimes while traveling west, bacon was eaten raw.

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Peninsulares

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Received land grants under Spanish rule

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Discriminated against during the gold rush

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Chinese and Native Americans

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Three true statements about Mormon religion in Utah

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Polygamy was illegal, non-Mormon had problems doing business in Utah, and Non-Mormons had no say in elections

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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

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The US paid Mexico 15 million plus 3 million in debt owed to the US for Mexico

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3 chores that pioneer girls did

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wash dishes, cook dinner, work in the garden

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3 chores that pioneer boys did

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dip candles, get water, muck the stalls

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rancheros

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land that was removed from church control under Mexican rule was given to ...

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Oregon and Texas

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Polk called for the annexation of these two states

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Joseph Smith

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believed in the holy book called the BOOK of Mormons

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Taylor

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attacked Santa Anna at the Battle of Buena Vista

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Marcus and Narcissa Whitman

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tried to convert the Cayuse Indians to Christianity

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Fremont

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led Americans in California against Mexican rule

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Austin

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le a group of 300 Americans into Texas - later Mexico won independence from Spain

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Houston

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forced Santa Anna to sign a treated recognizing Texas' independence