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7.4 C vocabulary

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Annexation   The process of one country taking over part or all of another  
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Foreign Policy   A government's plans to deal with issues outside the country  
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Manifest Destiny   The belief that the United States had the right and duty to expand to the Pacific Ocean  
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Migration   Movement of people from one place to another  
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Frontier   The part of a country with expanding settlement  
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Immigration   The movement of people to an area they are not native to  
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Domestic Policy   A government's plans to deal with issues inside the country  
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Constitution   A plan of government that describes the different parts of the government and their duties  
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Culture   The customs, ideas, beliefs, and skills of a people  
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Cession   To formally give up ownership of something  
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Compromise   An agreement in which each side gives up some of what it wants to gain something more important  
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Popular Sovereignty   Allowing states to decide for themselves whether or not to permit slavery  
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Reservation   Land set aside by the government for use by Native Americans  
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Political Party   Group that seeks to gain power by electing candidates to office  
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Mexican War   A war (1846-1848) between the United States and Mexico, resulting in the cession by Mexico of lands now constituting all or most of the states of California, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, and Colorado.  
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Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo   Agreement that recognized Texas as part of the U.S. and the Rio Grande as the southern border of Texas  
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Mexican Cession   Land granted to one country to another; included California, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming and Colorado  
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