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Vocab Chapter 13
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| joint occupation | situation in which people from two countries can occupy an area |
| mountain man | an adventurer of the American West |
| emigrant | a person who leaves a country or region to live elsewhere |
| prairie schooner | a canvas |
| manifest destiny | the belief that the United States was destined to stretch across the continent from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean |
| Tejano | a Texan of Latin American, often Mexican, descent |
| decree | an official order |
| barricade | to block off |
| annex | to add a territory to one's own territory |
| rancho | ranch, especially the large estates set up by Mexicans in the American West |
| ranchero | rancher, owner of a rancho |
| forty | niner |
| boomtown | a fast |
| vigilante | person who acts as police, judge, and jury without formal legal authority |