Match the Term with the Definition

question 16

Multiple Choice

Match the term with the definition.
-Mining frenzy initiated by James Marshall's discovery of gold in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada in 1848.

• A)American Colonization Society
• B)American system
• C)California gold rush
• D)Lone Star Republic
• E)manifest destiny
• F)mechanical reapers
• G)Mormons
• H)Oneida community
• I)Oregon Trail
• J)Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments
• K)Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
• L)underground railroad

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Definitions:

Police Power

Police power refers to the capacity of a state to regulate behaviors and enforce order within its territory for the betterment of the health, safety, morals, and general welfare of its inhabitants.

Right of Redemption

The legal right allowing a debtor to reclaim property that has been foreclosed upon or repossessed, typically by paying off the owed debt.

Mortgage

A legal agreement by which a bank, building society, etc., lends money at interest in exchange for taking title of the debtor's property, with the condition that the conveyance of title becomes void upon the payment of the debt.

Restrictive Covenant

A clause in a contract that restricts the actions of any party to the contract, commonly used in employment agreements and real estate transactions.