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Ch. 13 Key Terms Review
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The belief that it was the United States’ duty and right to spread their ideas of democracy all the way to the Pacific Ocean
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MANIFEST DESTINY
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People who follow their own independent course in life
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RUGGED INDIVIDUALIST
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Adventurous men who hiked through Oregon’s vast forests, trapping animals and living off the land
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MOUNTAIN MEN
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A ruler with absolute power and authority
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DICTATOR
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The Indian and Mexican cowhands who worked on the California ranches
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VAQUEROS
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Able to produce enough for one’s own needs
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SELF-SUFFICIENT
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To add on
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ANNEX
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People of Mexican descent born in Texas
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TEJANOS
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A place that is safe from persecution
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REFUGE
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When enemy forces try to capture a city or fort, often by surrounding and bombarding it
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SIEGE
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Self-appointed law enforcers
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VIGILANTES
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The old Spanish mission in Texas were Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged Texans in 1836
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ALAMO
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Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints founded by Joseph Smith in 1830
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MORMONS
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The name for the 80,000+ people who made the long journey to California for the gold rush in 1849
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FORTY-NINERS
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A French word meaning “get- together”; where mountain men and fur traders would meet in the summer
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RENDEZVOUS
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To give up
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CEDE
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Hanged without a legal trial
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LYNCHED
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