Social Studies Chap. 6 Vocab.
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- delegate
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a person who is chosen to speak and act for the citizens on
important matters - constitution
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an important agreement that states the basic laws and rules
by which a government will run a country or state - slavery
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a cruel system of forced labor in which people work without pay
for others who act as their masters - convention
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a meeting where delegates or other representatives discuss
important issues and make decisions - vigilante
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a person who captures and punishes people without having the
right to do so - justice
- treating people fairly and respecting other people’s rights
- law
- a set of rules that all people must obey
- squatter
- a person who settles on and begins farming another person’s land
- commission
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a group chosen to make an important decision or do a certain
job - citizens
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a resident of a city or town, especially one entitled
to vote and enjoy other privileges there - forty-niners
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the name given to people mining for gold during
California’s gold rush - line graph
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a graph which uses lines to indicate changes over a
period of time - geography
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the mountains, valleys, lakes, rivers, and other
physical elements that make up an area - government
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the laws, and customs through which a country is
governed - ranchos
- the livestock farm or ranch of the Californios