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Ch. 12 section 1
History vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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joint occupation | the possession and settling of an area shared by two or more countries |
mountain man | a frontiersman living in the mountain wilderness |
rendezvous | a meeting |
emigrant | a person who leaves a country or region to live elsewhere |
prairie schooner | a covered wagon used by pioneers in cross-country travel |
Manifest Destiny | the idea popular in the U.S. during the 1800's that the country must expand its boundaries to the Pacific |
plus | in addition |
access | the ability to get to |