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Unit 4 Vocab
English
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Spoils System | a politicians' practice of giving government jobs to his or her supporters. |
| Indian Removal Act | a congressional act that authorized the removal of Native Americans who lived east of the Mississippi River. |
| Trail of Tears | an 800 mile forced march made by the Cherokee from their homeland in Georgia to Indian Territory; resulted in the deaths of almost one-fourth of the Cherokee people |
| Oregon Trail | A 2,000 mile trail stretching through the Great Plains from western Missouri to the Oregon Territory |
| Alamo | Spanish mission in San Antonio, Texas, that was the site of a famous battle of the Texas Revolution in 1836 |
| Manifest Destiny | a belief shared by many Americans in the mid-1800s that the United States should expand to the Pacific Ocean. |
| Californios | Spanish colonists in California in the 1800s |
| Prospect | to search for gold |
| Placer Miners | a person who mines for gold by using pans or other devices to wash gold nuggets out of loose rock and gravel |
| Forty-Niners | a gold-seeker who moved to California during the gold rush |
| Political Party | a group of people who organize to help elect government officials and influence government policies |
| Vaqueros | Mexican cowboys in the West who tended cattle and horses. |
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