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GRANT SCHOOL
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Dave P. Martocchio
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Vocabulary — Week 36
Democracy
A form of government in which the people rule by
making decisions themselves or by electing people to
make decisions for them.
Wagon Train
A group of wagons, each pulled by horses or oxen.
Federal
National.
Ford
To cross a body of water.
Cabinet
A group of the President’s most important advisers.
Annex
To add on.
Referendum
An election in which voters can decide weather to keep
or do away with an existing law.
Slave State
A state that allowed slavery before the Civil War.
Bill
A plan for a new law.
Free State
A state that did not allow slavery before the Civil War.
Budget
A written plan for how to spend money.
Trapper
A person who catches wild animals in a trap to use as
food and/or clothing.
Veto
To reject.
Mormon
A member of the Mormon religion founded by Joseph
Smith Jr. in 1830.
Recall
To remove an offi cial from his or her job.
The Alamo
A Spanish mission in Texas where the Battle of the Alamo
took place in 1836.
Initiative
A law made directly by voters instead of by a legislature.
Vaqueros
A horse-mounted livestock herder from Mexico.
Petition
A signed request for action.
The Oregon Trail
An over 2,000 mile trail from Independence, Missouri to
Oregon City, Oregon used by emigrants from 1836-1869.
4th Grade
5th Grade
May 12-16, 2025.
Social Studies Unit 6, Chapter 13, Lessons 1 & 2.
Social Studies Unit 6, Chapter 12, Lessons 1 & 2.
