Flaschcards Ch 13 Vocabulary

Front

What is discrimination?

Back

Suffering unfair treatment

Front

Time period when people from all over the country rushed to California to find riches ___ ___ .

Back

Gold Rush

Front

A line of covered wagons traveling west was called ?

Back

Wagon Train

Front

Fur trapper in the West were called?

Back

Mountain Men

Front

Texas settlers’ fight for independence from Mexico

Back

Texas Revolution

Front

To add a state to the Union ___.

Back

annex

Front

A person who went to California during the gold rush was called a?

Back

Forty-Niner

Front

When Mexico and the United States were at war over border disputes about Texas

Back

Mexican War

Front

The image above best represents which U.S. history era. This was a thought that the United States should stretch from the East Coast to the West Coast.

Back

Manifest Destiny

Front

Revolt by settlers with Mexico over land in California

Back

Bear Flag Revolt