Vocab 4th 9 Weeks

Question 0

Direct involvement

Answer 0

Intervention

Question 1

Improvements to roads, bridges, & towns

Answer 1

Internal improvements

Question 2

Trapper who explored & hunted in Oregon in the 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 & authority

Answer 4

Dictator

Question 5

Military blockade or bombardment 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 under Santa Anna besieged American rebels, who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico in 1836

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 in relation to other nations

Answer 9

Foreign policy

Question 10

Not taking sides in a conflict

Answer 10

Neutral

Question 11

To cancel

Answer 11

Nullify

Question 12

Stirring up rebellion against a government

Answer 12

Sedition

Question 13

Long voyage of exploration

Answer 13

Expedition

Question 14

Ban on trade

Answer 14

Embargo

Question 15

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

Answer 15

Manifest destiny

Question 16

Person who wanted to end slavery completely in the U.S

Answer 16

Abolition

Question 17

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

Answer 17

Reform

Question 18

The right to vote

Answer 18

Suffrage

Question 19

Devotion to ones country

Answer 19

Nationalism