| A | B |
|---|
| suffrage | the right to vote |
| secede | to withdraw |
| states' rights | the right of states to limit the power of the federal govt. |
| discrimination | policy or attitude that denies equal rights to some people |
| mountain men | trappers or fur traders of the 1800s |
| missionaries | persons undertaking a religious mission |
| pioneer | a person or group that opens up a new territory |
| forty-niners | one of thousands of men searching for gold in 1849 |
| Sutter's Mill | name of place where gold was discovered in 1848 |
| annex | to add on |
| cede | to give |
| emancipate | to set free |
| habeus corpus | the right to trial before being imprisoned |
| inflation | rise in prices due to increased money in circulation |
| profiteer | a person who overcharges for badly needed supplies |
