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| people from both the U.S. and Great Britain could settle there |
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| people who spent most of their time in the Rocky Mountains |
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| people who left U.S. to go to Oregon |
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| meant the U.S. was set apart for a purpose to extend its boundaries all the way to the Pacific |
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| Mexicans who claimed Texas as their home |
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| people who obtained the grants from the government and recruited the settlers |
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| set apart for a special purpose |
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| Mexican settlers who bought the lands and built huge properties |
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| the mexicans who lived in california |
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| those who arrived in 1849 |
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| people who rushed to a new area for gold and built new communities over night |
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| people who took the law into their own hands, acting like police, judge, jury, or executioner |
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| to treat someone harshly because of what they believe |
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| a preformed opinion usually an unfavorable one |
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| – relating to farming or rural life |
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| treatment of people or groups of people because of prejudice about race, age, religion |
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| – commoner who owned and cultivated their own land / not a slave owner |
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| – farmer who rents land and pays the owner mostly in produce or cash |
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| – laws in the southern states that controlled slaves |
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