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What is a vaquero?

• A gold miner

• A type of wagon

• A Mexican cowboy

• A mail carrier

What does it mean to annex a territory?

• To take over it

• To protect it

• To explore it

• To trade with it

What was the idea of Manifest Destiny?

• The plan to build more wagon trains

• The desire to end slavery

• The need to protect American Indians

• The belief in the right to expand U.S. territory to the Pacific Ocean

What is a wagon train?

• A train that carries wagons

• A line of wagons traveling as a group

• A type of sailing ship

• A group of cowboys

What is a prairie schooner?

• A common wagon

• A gold mining tool

• A type of sailing ship

• A type of horse

What does persecution mean?

• A gold mining technique

• Fair treatment of people

• A type of wagon

• Unfair treatment because of beliefs

What is a gold rush?

• A type of wagon

• A slow movement of people

• A rapid flood of people into an area where gold has been discovered

• A method of communication

Who is an entrepreneur?

• Someone who takes risks to start a business

• A person who mines gold

• A mail carrier

• A cowboy

What is discrimination?

• Fair treatment of all people

• Unfair treatment of people, often based on race, gender, or age

• A type of wagon

• A method of communication

What was the Pony Express?

• A system of carrying mail by horse

• A type of wagon

• A gold mining technique

• A group of cowboys