Unit 10 Vocabulary Review

to add a territory to one’s own territory

• annex
• Manifest Destiny
• forty-niner
• boomtown
• pioneer

fortune seeker who came to California during the Gold Rush

• forty-niner
• Manifest Destiny
• annex
• boomtown
• pioneer

the belief that the US was destined by God to extend its boundaries to the Pacific Ocean

• Manifest Destiny
• annex
• forty-niner
• boomtown
• pioneer

a fast-growing community

• boomtown
• Manifest Destiny
• annex
• forty-niner
• pioneer

a person who goes before others and opens the way for them to follow

• pioneer
• Manifest Destiny
• annex
• forty-niner
• boomtown

adjacent; touching; sharing an edge or boundary

• contiguous
• Manifest Destiny
• annex
• forty-niner
• boomtown

a person who explores an area to look for valuable metals

• prospector
• wagon train
• mountain men
• exodus
• siege

a group of covered wagons that travels together for safety

• wagon train
• prospector
• mountain men
• exodus
• siege

American adventurers and fur trappers who spent most of their time in the Rocky Mountains

• mountain men
• prospector
• wagon train
• exodus
• siege

a large-scale departure or flight

• exodus
• prospector
• wagon train
• mountain men
• siege