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31 Cards in this Set
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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
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