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chapter 12-13
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8th Grade
04/19/2007

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overseer
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watches slaves and plantations
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fixed cost
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dosnt change
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cotton gin
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machine that takes seeds out of cotton
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credit
Definition
loan of money that you have to pay back
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californio
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mexicans that went to california
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rancheros
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mexican ranch owners
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49ers
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went to cal in 1849
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ranchos
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rancho owned by mexican
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oregon trail
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trail to move west(started in mosorri)
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slave codes
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very harsh rules for slaves
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strikes
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refusing to work
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yeoman
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farmer in south with small farms, no slaves
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trade unions
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organize workers w/ same trade skills
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manifest destiny
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destiny extends from sea to sea
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rendezvous
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meeting
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vigilantes
Definition
peoplewho take law into there own hands
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vigilantes
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peoplewho take law into there own hands
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joint occupation
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when 2 peep own same landat sometime
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desecret
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where mormans settled(salt lake city,utah)
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desecret
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where mormans settled(salt lake city,utah)
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desecret
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where mormans settled(salt lake city,utah)
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famine
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extreme shortage of food
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samuel morse
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telegraph, morse code
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peter cooper
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built 1st locomotive(train engine)
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kit carson
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mountain man turned guide
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santa ana
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mexican leader
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sam houston
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raised among cherokee, texas leader
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sam houston
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raised among cherokee, texas leader
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jim beckwourth
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green river explorer
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brigham young
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morman leader founded salt lake city
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davy crokett
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frontiers man who died at alamo
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nat turner
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started slave rebellion in south
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main sourse of income for north n south?
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N=industry

S=agriculture
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what was oregon trail?
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trail leading west from missouri to oregon country.
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what was shinbone creek?
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boomtown built by gold seekersin Cal
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where did most irish immigrant settle?
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city slums(very poor neighborhoods)
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who were feild hands in the south?
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slaves
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what was KING in da south?
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cotton
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what was the border of Mex/Us?(compared to us)
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rio grande river
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how much territory did mexico lose to
US?
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1/2
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where did gold rush begin?
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suters mill, the american river
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where did gold rush begin?
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suters mill, the american river
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what country challenged Us for oregon country?
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britain
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Nativists people against immigrants
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say nothing party
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