Unit 8: Manifest Destiny Vocabulary

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Manifest Destiny

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a belief that Americans had the right and duty to spread across the continent all the way to the Pacific Ocean (sea to shining sea)

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Northwest Ordinance

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1787, set up a way for territories to become states; also guaranteed basic rights to settlers and outlawed slavery in the territories

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Popular Sovereignty

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one of the 7 basic principles of the Constitution that the people have the right to create, alter, and abolish their government

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Westward Expansion

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the movement of people to settle the western U.S.

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Republic

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system of government in which citizens choose representatives to govern them

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Settlement Patterns

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the way people distribute themselves in their environment, including where they locate their dwellings, how they group dwellings into settlements, and how permanent or transitory those settlements are

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Annexation

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to take over territory and incorporate it into another country or state

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U.S. Mexican War

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conflict (1846-1848) between the United States and Mexico after the U.S. annexation of Texas

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Oregon Trail

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route to Oregon used by wagon trains in the 1800’s

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Dictator

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ruler with absolute power and authority

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Siege

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military blockade of an enemy town or position in order to force it to surrender

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Lone Star Republic

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nickname for Texas after it won independence from Mexico in 1836

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Santa Fe Trail

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route to Santa Fe that was used by traders in the 1800s

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Self - Sufficient

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able to produce enough for one’s own needs

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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

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1848, Mexico gave up California and New Mexico to the United States for $15 million

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Mexican Cession

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Mexican territory of California and New Mexico given to the United States in 1848

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Gadsden Purchase

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strip of land in present day Arizona and New Mexico for which the U.S. paid $10 million

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Forty - Niners

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one of the more than 80,000 people who joined the gold rush to California in 1849

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Sutter’s Mill

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location where gold was discovered in California in 1848, starting the gold rush

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Refuge

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a place where one is safe from persecution