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California History
Unity 3
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History
4th Grade
01/19/2012

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Question
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Answer
Term
rancho
Definition
A ranch where cattle, horses, and other animals were raised.
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land grant
Definition
free land the mexican government gave to Mexicans who settled in California
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Californio
Definition
A person who lived in California
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vaquero
Definition
A cowhand
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import
Definition
Something brought in from another counry for sale or use
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export
Definition
Something sold or traded to another country.
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Manifest Destiny
Definition
The belief that the United States had the right to take over other countries' lands in America. p 158
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Bear Flag Revolt
Definition
The first battle fought by Californians to be free from Mexico. p 159
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Definition
The agreement that ended the war between Mexico and the United States. p162
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Gold Rush
Definition
A rapid moveent of people in search of gold. p. 171
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Forty-Niners
Definition
People who went to California in 1849 to find gold
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isthmus
Definition
A narror stretch of land with water on both sides
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mother lode
Definition
A gold-rich area in the central Sierra Nevada foothills.
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panning
Definition
A process in which a miner scooped dirt nto a shallow pan, filled the pan with water, and spilld out the water and dirt. Any heavy gold in the dirt would stay n the pan.
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hyraulic mining
Definition
A process in which miners used hoses to shoot water at hillsides thought tot have gold (p. 185)
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representative
Definition
A person who speaks for one or more people.
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convention
Definition
A formal meeting for a special purpose
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legislature
Definition
A group of representatives who make laws.
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Compromise of 1850
Definition
An agreement that California would join the United States as a free (non slave) state, but California police would help capture slaves who had escaped from the South.
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vigilante
Definition
A citizen who take the law into his or her own hands.
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reservation
Definition
Land set aside by th United States government for Native Americans to live on.
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squatter
Definition
A person who settles on land without permission
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constitution
Definition
A plan of government
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