Chapter 12 Vocabulary and Review

a region just beyond or at the edge of a settled area

• frontier

• nation

• gold rush

• relocation

a rapid movement of people in search of gold to an area where gold has been recently discovered

• treaty

• great plains

• gold rush

• nullify

the broad, flat region that stretches between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains in North America

• reservation

• great plains

• frontier

• nation

a person’s actions, sacrifices, and time spent serving in the armed forces

• preservation

• treaty

• tribe

• military service

an organized group of people living in a particular state or territory and united by common heritage and government

• nation

• tribe

• reservation

• frontier

to declare something invalid or no longer legal and binding

• removal

• treaty

• nullify

• reservation

keeping something the same or preventing it from being damaged

• reservation

• military service

• preservation

• relocation

the act of moving to a new location

• relocation

• reservation

• gold rush

• removal

the act of forcing individuals or communities to leave their place of residence; taking something away

• relocation

• nullify

• removal

• tribe

land set aside for American Indians

• frontier

• nation

• tribe

• reservation