Vocabulary Chapter 11

The possession and settling of an area shared by two or more countries.

• joint occupation

• barricaded

• justify

• annex

Explorers who lived in the wilderness and made a living by hunting and trapping were called ____ _________.

People who leave their own country in order to settle permanently in another country are called ________.

Manifest Destiny is ___.

• the idea that white Americans were divinely ordained to settle the entire continent of North America.

• When two countries share the same territory.

• the idea that Mexico had the right to keep their land lost in the Mexican-American War.

• the idea that all races are destined to be together and live in harmony.

She __________ the door with a dresser and chair so nobody could enter the room.

• justified

• barricaded

• locked

• decorated

The U.S. was able to ________ Texas which upset Mexico.

Texans tried to ________ why they wanted Texas to be independent from Mexico. One reason given was that the Mexican government was not fulfilling its promises given to American settlers.

Those who came to strike it rich finding gold in 1849 were called ___-________.

Due to the gold rush in California, some places grew rapidly and became very rich. These places were referred to as ________.

• annexed

• barricaded

• incorporated

• boomtowns

_____________ means to include something as part of something larger.