Chapter 5- California Here We Come Flashcards
demand
a need or desire for a good or service by people willing to pay for it.
supply
an amount of a good or a service that is offered for sale
frontier
land beyond the settled part of a country
trailblazer
a person who makes a new trail for others to follow
pass
an opening between high mountains
fact
a statement that can be checked and proved to be true
opinion
a statement that tells what the person who makes it thinks or believes
immigrant
a person who comes from another place to live in a country
pioneer
one of the first settlers in a place
wagon train
a group of wagons, each pulled by horses or oxen
fiction
made-up writing
manifest destiny
the idea that the United States should expand to reach from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean
squatter
someone who lives in a place without permission
rebel
a person who fights against the government
republic
a form of government in which people elect their leaders
right
a freedom that belongs to a person
treaty
a written agreement between groups or countries
How did trailblazers help other explorers and settlers?
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Why did trappers from the United States head west to California?
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What was “The Donner Party”?
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What was the bear Flag republic?
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Use the term ‘manifest destiny’ to explain the westward movement of American settlers.
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Use the term treaty to describe the agreement that ended the Mexican-American War.
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How is the way people move to new places today different from the way people moved to California in the 1800’s?
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