Western Expansion vocab Flashcards
1
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Expansion
A
westward spread of the US territory,people,and cultures across North America
2
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Manifest Destiny
A
Idea that the nation was meant to spread to the pacific
3
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Transcontinetal Railroad
A
Railway system entending across th continent
4
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Homestead
A
Method od aquiring a piece of US public land by living on & cultivating it
5
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Reservation
A
where gov. relocated Native Americans to stay after taking their land
6
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Assimilate
A
to be absorbed in American society as land owners and citizens
7
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Annuity
A
Payments to reservation dwellers @ lest once per year
