chapter13, section5, Americans Rush West Flashcards
1
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Mormons
A
Members of the church of Jesus Christ of latter-day saints founded by Joseph Smith in 1830.
2
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Nauvoo
A
Mormon community built on the banks of Mississippi river in Illinois in the 1840s.
3
Q
Refuge
A
Place where one is safe from persecution.
4
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Sutter’s Mill
A
Location where gold was discovered in California in 1848, setting off the gold rush.
5
Q
Forty-Niner
A
One of the more than 80,000 people who joined the gold rush to California in 1849.
6
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Vigilante
A
Self-appointed enforcer of the law.
7
Q
Lynch
A
For a mob to illegally seize and execute someone.
