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AH1 M6L1 Key Terms 2
American History 1 Module 6 Lesson 1 Key Terms 2
Term | Definition |
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Manifest Destiny | The idea that Americans had the right and duty to expand west. |
Louisiana Purchase | Land purchase from France that doubled the size of the United States and allowed the U.S. to trade along the Mississippi River. |
American Dream | The belief that every American can work hard to get what they want. |
Industrial | Related to a manufacturing business. |
Immigrants | Foreigners who came to the United States to live and work. |
Annex | Adding the territory of another state to a country. |
Mexican Cession | Land given to the United States at the end of the War with Mexico in 1848. |
Gadsden Purchase | A purchase named after James Gadsden in which the U.S. purchased more territory from Mexico that would eventually make up the southern part of Arizona and Mexico and established the US-Mexican border. |
Agricultural | Relating to work or business of producing crops. |
Productivity | The state of being able to create, particularly at a high quality and quick speed. |
Reduction | A decrease or a less amount, or the amount by which something decreases or goes down. |
Immigration | The process of foreigners coming to the United States to live and work. |
Ventilation | An opening that lets air in. |
Nativism | The policy of favoring people born in America over immigrants to hire for jobs. |