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Unit 6 Lesson 18
Life in the West
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Lewis and Clark expedition | a journey made from 1804 to 1806 by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to explore the territory gained in the Louisiana Purchase |
| legacy | a person's or group's impact on future generations |
| motive | a reason for doing something |
| stimulated | to encourage activity or growth |
| immigrant | a person who moves from one country to another. Such a movement is called immigration. |
| Latter-Day Saints | members of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, founded by Joseph Smith in 1830 |
| persecuted | to cause a person or group to suffer |
| Oregon Trail | an overland route that stretched about 2,000 miles from Independence, Missouri, to the Columbus River in Oregon |
| status | the position of a person, either socially or professionally |
| forty-nin | the people who joined the rush for gold in California in 1849 |
| rancho | a land grant made by the Mexican government, used mostly for raising cattle and crops |