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GRANT SCHOOL
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Vocabulary — Week 18
Gold Rush
A huge movement of people going to a place to look for
gold.
Constitution
A written plan of government.
Forty-niner
A person who went to California in 1849 to search for
gold.
Debtor
A person who was put in prison for owing money.
Isthmus
A narrow piece of land that connects two larger land
areas.
Backcountry
The land between the Coastal Plain and the Appalachian
Mountains.
Claim
The area a miner said belonged to him or her.
Institutionalize
To make a part of life.
Consumer
A person who buys a product or service.
Planter
A plantation owner.
Entrepreneur
A person who sets up a new business.
Overseer
A hired person who watched fi eld slaves as they worked.
Inflation
A sharp increase in prices.
Prosperity
Economic success.
Discrimination
The unfair treatment of people because of such things as
their religion their race, or their birthplace.
Artisan
A craft worker.
Vigilante
A person who takes the law into his or her own hands.
Apprentice
A person who learns a trade by living with the family of a
skilled worker and training for several years.
Clipper Ship
The fastest ships during the time of the California Gold
Rush.
Govern
To conduct the business of a state, organization, or
people.
4th Grade - Social Studies Unit 3 Chapter 6, Lesson 1 & 2.
5th Grade - Social Studies Unit 3, Chapter 7, Lessons 1 & 2.
