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tavern (Term)
blemish (Term)
ethnic cleansing (Term)
someone had to answer for that (Term)
a building with a bar that is licensed to sell alcoholic drinks
a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especi…
the mass expulsion and killing of one ethic or religious group…
someone has to be made responsible, someone has to be punished
tavern (Term)
a building with a bar that is licensed to sell alcoholic drinks
blemish (Term)
a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especi…
tenacity (Term)
stupendous (Term)
entrepreneur (Term)
hazardous (Term)
(n.) the quality of not giving up easily; perseverance
(adj.) remarkable; extraordinary; remarkably large or extraord…
(n.) a person who risks time and money to start and manage a b…
(adj.) involving risk or danger
tenacity (Term)
(n.) the quality of not giving up easily; perseverance
stupendous (Term)
(adj.) remarkable; extraordinary; remarkably large or extraord…
prosperity (n.) (Term)
gather (Term)
resemble (v.) (Term)
engagement (n.) (Term)
(noun) wealth, success
come together; assemble or accumulate
to be like or similar to
a fight or battle between armed forces
prosperity (n.) (Term)
(noun) wealth, success
gather (Term)
come together; assemble or accumulate
hardship
defy
wilderness
flee
(adj.) something hard to endure
(v.) resist or confront with resistance
(n.) an area where there are few people living; an area still…
(v.) run away from
hardship
(adj.) something hard to endure
defy
(v.) resist or confront with resistance
reservation (n.) (Term)
confiscate (v.) (Term)
Black Elk (n.) (Term)
our people knew better (Term)
an American Indian reservation is an area of land managed by a…
(v.) to seize by authority; to take and keep
A Sioux Medicine Man and Holy Man. Had many visions that helpe…
the people did not believe what they were told because they kn…
reservation (n.) (Term)
an American Indian reservation is an area of land managed by a…
confiscate (v.) (Term)
(v.) to seize by authority; to take and keep
tame (v.) (Term)
Great Plains (n.) (Term)
wagon train (n.) (Term)
green-lights (v.) (Term)
overcome the wildness of
a mostly flat and grassy region of western North America
common method of transportation to the West, in which wagons t…
give permission to go ahead with (a project, especially a movi…
tame (v.) (Term)
overcome the wildness of
Great Plains (n.) (Term)
a mostly flat and grassy region of western North America
relative
newcomer
candy cane
pagan
Considered in comparison with something else: the relative qui…
Someone or something that has recently arrived or which is new
a cane-shaped hard candy stick associated with Christmas. It i…
One who is not a Christian, Muslim, or Jew, especially an adhe…
relative
Considered in comparison with something else: the relative qui…
newcomer
Someone or something that has recently arrived or which is new
collide (v.)
enterprise (n.)
investor (n.)
swap (v.)
crash together with violent impact
a project or undertaking, typically one that is difficult or r…
a person who uses money to buy or make something that will yie…
to trade or exchange
collide (v.)
crash together with violent impact
enterprise (n.)
a project or undertaking, typically one that is difficult or r…
quadruple (v.) (Term)
a disaster waiting to happen (idiom) (T…
ready-made clothes (n.) (Term)
garment (n.) (Term)
to increase 4 times in size or value
something that is very dangerous and at any time could become…
clothes bought in a store and NOT homemade or custom made
any piece of clothing
quadruple (v.) (Term)
to increase 4 times in size or value
a disaster waiting to happen (idiom) (T…
something that is very dangerous and at any time could become…
hut (n.) (Term)
Continental Congress (n.) (Term)
cajoling (v.) (Term)
forlorn (adj.) (Term)
(n.) a small single-story building of simple or crude construc…
(n.) the legislative assembly composed of delegates from the r…
(v.) coaxing or persuading gently
appearing sad or lonely because deserted or abandoned; hopeless
hut (n.) (Term)
(n.) a small single-story building of simple or crude construc…
Continental Congress (n.) (Term)
(n.) the legislative assembly composed of delegates from the r…
The Militia is being called up (Term)
I'm here to enlist every man willing (T…
railed (v.) (Term)
ardent (adj.) (Term)
the local volunteer part time military is officially being ask…
I am here to put every man in the army who wants to join in th…
complained angrily, ranted, criticized
(adj.) very enthusiastic, impassioned
The Militia is being called up (Term)
the local volunteer part time military is officially being ask…
I'm here to enlist every man willing (T…
I am here to put every man in the army who wants to join in th…
iron horse (n.) (Term)
Eastern Seaboard (n.) (Term)
cattle drive (n.) (Term)
homesteader (n.) (Term)
the name some people gave the train
place name for Atlantic Coastal area
the herding and moving of cattle over long distances
a settler granted a homestead by the United States government
iron horse (n.) (Term)
the name some people gave the train
Eastern Seaboard (n.) (Term)
place name for Atlantic Coastal area
privation (n.) (Term)
losses have been grievous (Term)
difficult to bear (idiom) (Term)
march (n.) (Term)
lack of usual comforts or necessaries of life
we have suffered a lot
hard to accept
walk in a military manner with a regular measured step
privation (n.) (Term)
lack of usual comforts or necessaries of life
losses have been grievous (Term)
we have suffered a lot
poverty (n.) (Term)
tabloid newspaper (n.) (Term)
Thomas Byrnes (n.) (Term)
the third degree (n.) (Term)
Inability to meet basic needs for food, clothing, and shelter;…
a newspaper generally about half the size of standard-sized ne…
American founder of criminal modus operandi. Was the chief of…
intensive questioning or rough treatment
poverty (n.) (Term)
Inability to meet basic needs for food, clothing, and shelter;…
tabloid newspaper (n.) (Term)
a newspaper generally about half the size of standard-sized ne…
roll the dice (v.) (Term)
sprawling (Term)
plantation (n.) (Term)
the frontier (n.) (Term)
(v.) to take a chance on something
spreading out in different directions
(n.) a large estate farmed by many workers that usually specia…
(n.) unsettled territory west of the Appalachian Mountains
roll the dice (v.) (Term)
(v.) to take a chance on something
sprawling (Term)
spreading out in different directions
loyalist (Term)
counterinsurgency (Term)
brawler (Term)
colonel (Term)
(n.) American colonists who remained loyal to Britain and oppo…
(n.) actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency
(n.) a person who's always getting into fights
(n.) a military rank below general
loyalist (Term)
(n.) American colonists who remained loyal to Britain and oppo…
counterinsurgency (Term)
(n.) actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency
urban (adj.) (Term)
at the brink of a new age (Term)
molten iron (n.) (Term)
Bessemer process (n.) (Term)
in, relating to, or characteristic of a city or town
at the beginning of the start of a new time, a new epoch
a strong, hard magnetic silvery-gray metal... liquefied by heat
first inexpensive industrial process for the mass-production o…
urban (adj.) (Term)
in, relating to, or characteristic of a city or town
at the brink of a new age (Term)
at the beginning of the start of a new time, a new epoch
abolish (v.) (Term)
ultimatum (n.) (Term)
enfranchisement (n.) (Term)
henceforth (adv) (Term)
to bring to an end; to do away with
(n.) a final proposal or statement of conditions
a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by…
from now on
abolish (v.) (Term)
to bring to an end; to do away with
ultimatum (n.) (Term)
(n.) a final proposal or statement of conditions
deserted beach (n.) (Term)
dissident (n.) (Term)
apprentice (n.) (Term)
sectarian (Term)
(n.) an area of the coastline near the ocean in which there ar…
(n.) a person opposed to established ideas or beliefs, especia…
(n.) a person who works for an expert in a trade or craft in r…
a member of a sect or religious group
deserted beach (n.) (Term)
(n.) an area of the coastline near the ocean in which there ar…
dissident (n.) (Term)
(n.) a person opposed to established ideas or beliefs, especia…
a seam of gold (Term)
the Alamo (Term)
colossal (Term)
overwhelmed (Term)
a thin layer of rocks in a rock formation often undeground tha…
Following a 13-day siege in 1836, Mexican troops launched an a…
(adj.) enormous, gigantic; huge in size, extent or degree
(adj.) feeling like you have so much to do that you can't even…
a seam of gold (Term)
a thin layer of rocks in a rock formation often undeground tha…
the Alamo (Term)
Following a 13-day siege in 1836, Mexican troops launched an a…
deathbed (Term)
milk sickness (Term)
white snakeroot (Term)
ax (Term)
the last few hours before death
(n.) a condition of cattle and sheep in the western US, caused…
(n.) any of a number of North American plants reputed to conta…
(n.) a tool typically used for chopping wood, usually a steel…
deathbed (Term)
the last few hours before death
milk sickness (Term)
(n.) a condition of cattle and sheep in the western US, caused…
The Transcontinental Railroad threads a…
desperate scramble (n.) (Term)
Homestead Acts (n.) (Term)
burrow (n.) (Term)
The railroad cuts through the wild parts of the country and co…
a difficult or hurried clamber (awkard and fast rush) up or ov…
several United States federal laws that gave an applicant owne…
a hole in the ground made by an animal for shelter
The Transcontinental Railroad threads a…
The railroad cuts through the wild parts of the country and co…
desperate scramble (n.) (Term)
a difficult or hurried clamber (awkard and fast rush) up or ov…
tropical region (Term)
southern (Term)
breeding ground (Term)
shrub (Term)
(n.) area between tropic of cancer and tropic of capricorn. lo…
(adj.) situated in the south or directed toward or facing the…
(n.) a place that feeds and nourishes the growth of what is th…
(n.) a woody plant that is smaller than a tree and generally h…
tropical region (Term)
(n.) area between tropic of cancer and tropic of capricorn. lo…
southern (Term)
(adj.) situated in the south or directed toward or facing the…
ragtag (adj.) (Term)
daring (adj.) (Term)
grit (n.) (Term)
trailblazer (n.) (Term)
(adj.) disorganized; made up of mixed, often diverse, elements
(adj.) the trait of being willing to undertake things that inv…
(n.) courage and resolve; strength of character
(n.) a pioneer who discovers something for the first time so t…
ragtag (adj.) (Term)
(adj.) disorganized; made up of mixed, often diverse, elements
daring (adj.) (Term)
(adj.) the trait of being willing to undertake things that inv…
a piece of the action (Term)
loom (Term)
power loom (Term)
raw cotton (Term)
a share in the profits coming from something
(n.) a machine or device for weaving cloth
(n.) the power loom was a steam-powered, mechanically operated…
unprocessed material of a particular crop
a piece of the action (Term)
a share in the profits coming from something
loom (Term)
(n.) a machine or device for weaving cloth