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Westward Expansion
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Frontier | The land that forms the farthest extent of a nations settled regions. |
| Manifest Destiny | The belief that the United States was destined, or meant, to extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. |
| Rendezvou | French word meaning a meeting where fur trappers would exchange furs for supplies. |
| Dictatorship | One-person rule. |
| Siege | An attack in one force surrounds a city or fort. |
| Annex | Add on. |
| Cede | Give up. |
| Polygamy | The practice of having more than one wife at a time. |
| Vigilantes | Self-appointed law enforcers. |
| Popular Sovereignty | The idea that people in a territory or state would vote directly on issues, rather than having their elected representatives decide. |
| Secede | Withdraw, or separate form. |
| Propaganda | False or misleading information that is spread to further a cause. |
| Civil War | A war between opposing groups of citizens of the same country. |
| Dred Scott | A slave who sued in court for his freedom arguing that he was free because he had lived where slavery was illegal (he lost). |
| John Brown | Abolitionist who attacked a US armory to seize guns to give to slaves in a revolt against slavery (he was hung). |