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US-Unit 3
America Expands
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Federalism | Distribution of power within a government - in the United States this usually describes the division of powers between state and federal governments |
| Government | the group of people that has power to make laws and important decisions for a community, state, or nation - in the United States this usually is made up of elected officials |
| Expansion | The act of becoming larger or more extensive |
| Representation | The action of speaking or acting on someone else's behalf - in the United States government, elected officials represent citizens wants and needs |
| Foreign Policy | Gov’ts strategy for dealing with other nations |
| Native American | A member of the indigenous group of people from the American continent |
| Slavery | In United States history: a system of bondage where African Americans were forced to work for owners for no pay |
| Industrialization | the process by which an economy is transformed from primarily agricultural to one based on the manufacturing of goods |
| Liberty | Power to do as one pleases and wants at any time they want to |
| Immigrant | A person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country |
| Borders | A line separating two political or geographical areas, especially countries |
| Sovereignty | Supreme Power or authority over oneself, in terms of government - self-governing |
| Manifest destiny | the 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable. |
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