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Westward Expansion
Vocabulary-test due Wednesday, 25, 2015
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Louisiana Purchase | an agreement that almost doubled the size of the U.S. |
| expadition | a journey taken by a group of people with a specific purpose. |
| Embargo | a law that is passed to prohibit trade with other nations |
| nationalism | loyalty and devotion to a nation |
| Monroe Doctrine | an American policy warning European powers not to interfere with the America. |
| Indian Territory | U.S. land in what is now Oklahoma where Congress planned to move Native Americans. |
| frontier | outer edge of a settled region. |
| pioneer | an early settler of a region. |
| wagon train | the common method of transportation to the West, in which wagons traveled in groups for safety. |
| Gold Rush | in 1849 many settlers moved to California in search of gold. |
| textile | fabric that is woven |
| Economy | the way that a society or nation produces and distributes goods and services |
| Industrialization | the process of moving from an agricultural society, in which most goods are handmade, to a society that thrives on machine-manufactured goods. |
| technology | the use of human knowledge to create tools and machines that allow us to control and navigate the environment; does NOT have to be electronic. |
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