The American West Flashcard

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Some newcomers to the West learned the skills to be cowboys from the

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Mexicanos.

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Extending across a continent

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transcontinental.

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Why did the owners of many rancheros in the United States speak Spanish?

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The United States acquired the land from Mexico.

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One of the first people to settle in a territory

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pioneer.

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The forty-niners traveled west for

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gold.

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A wooden frame that fastens around an animal’s neck and is then attached to a wagon or other vehicle

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yoke.

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What was a miner’s claim?

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the land the miner worked.

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A representative sent by a religious organization to try to persuade other people to adopt that religion

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missionary.

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Many Chinese immigrants found work helping to build

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the transcontinental railroad.

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A gold seeker in the California gold rush of 1849

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forty-niner.