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AH#1 U6L1 VOC
vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Manifest Destiny | The idea that Americans had the right and duty to expand west. |
| Louisiana Purchase | A land purchased from France that doubles the size of the US and allowed the US 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 US to live and work. |
| Annex | Adding the territory of another state to a country. |
| Mexican Cession | Land given to the US at the end of the War with Mexico in 1848. |
| Gadsden Purchase of 1853 | A purchase, named after James Gadsden, in which the US bought 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 US 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. |