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Unit 9 Vocabulary

Unit 9 Westward Expansion

TermDefinition
Frontier the land that forms the farthest extent of a nation’s settled regions
Land grants Gifts of land from the government
Rancheros Owners of ranches
Manifest Destiny The belief that the United States was destined to expand from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean
Santa Fe Trail A trail heading west from Independence, Missouri to Santa Fe, New Mexico stretching 800 miles
Oregon Trail A 2,000-mile trail heading northwest from Independence, Missouri to Oregon country
Mountain Men Fur trappers of the northwest, most famously Jedidiah Smith
Rendezvous A meeting where trappers would trade furs and supplies
Annex To add on
Mormons Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, founded by Joseph Smith and led to Utah by Brigham Young
Forty-niners The nickname of prospectors going to California in search of gold
Vigilantes Self-appointed law enforcers
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