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SS Chapter 13

Vocabulary Words

QuestionAnswer
What is a frontier? land that forms the farthest extent of a nation's settled regions
What is a land grant? government gifts of land
What is a ranchero? onwers of ranches
What is an expansion? extending the nation beyond its existing borders
What is a mountain man? fur trappers of the Northwest
What is rendezvous? meeting where the trappers would trade furs for supplies
What is dictatorship? one-person rule
What is a siege? attack in which one force surrounds a city or fort
What is an annex? add on
What is a cede? give up
What is a polygamy? practice of having more than one wife at a time
What is a forty-niner? given to these people who came to California in search of gold
What is a water right? legal rights to use water in a river stream or other body of water
What is are vigilantes? self-appointed law enforcements
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