| A | B |
| forty-niners | People who traveled in 1849 to get rich in gold. |
| boomtowns | New communities built overnight. |
| Levi Strauss | Sold miners sturdy pants made of denim |
| vigilantes | Citizen groups formed for protection. |
| constitution | List of laws to support the government. |
| Mormons | Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. |
| Joseph Smith | Believed he had visions that led him to buld a new Church. |
| Brigham Young | Took over as head of the Mormons |
| incorporated | included |