Vocab. 3/18/14

Question 0

Direct involvement

Answer 0

Intervention

Question 1

Improvements to road, bridges, and canals

Answer 1

Internal improvements

Question 2

Trappe who explored and hunted in Oregon in the early 1800s

Answer 2

Mountain men

Question 3

Route to Oregon used by wagon trains in the 1800s

Answer 3

Oregon trail

Question 4

Ruler with absolute power and authority

Answer 4

Dictator

Question 5

Military blockade or bombard ment of an enemy town or position in order to force it to surrender

Answer 5

Siege

Question 6

Old Spanish mission in Texas where Mexican forces Santa Anna besieged American rebels, who fought to make Texas independent

Answer 6

Alamo

Question 7

To add on

Answer 7

Annex

Question 8

Tax on foreign goods brought into a country

Answer 8

Tariff

Question 9

Actions that a nation takes I. Relation to other nations

Answer 9

Foreign policy

Question 10

Not taking sides in a conflict

Answer 10

Neutral

Question 11

Stirring up rebellion against a government

Answer 11

Sedition

Question 12

To cancel

Answer 12

Nullify

Question 13

Long voyage of exploration

Answer 13

Expedition

Question 14

Belief held in the 1800s that the Americans had the right and duty to spread across the continent all the way to the Pacific Ocean

Answer 14

Manifest destiny

Question 15

Person who want to end slavery completely I the u.s

Answer 15

Abolitionist

Question 16

To amend or improve by change of form or removal of faults

Answer 16

Reform

Question 17

The right to vote

Answer 17

Suffrage

Question 18

Devotion to ones country

Answer 18

Nationalism

Question 19

Ban on trade

Answer 19

Embargo