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5 19th Century

Founding of a New Nation and U.S. Territorial Expansion

TermDefinition
Impressment The taking of men into a military or naval force by compulsion, with or without notice.
Sailor A person whose job it is to work as a member of the crew of a commercial or naval ship or boat.
Territorial Expansion A policy of increasing a country's size by expanding its territory.
Frontier The extreme limit of settled land beyond which lies wilderness.
Immigrant A person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country.
Manufacturing The making of articles on a large scale using machinery; industrial production.
Settlement An uninhabited place where people establish a community.
American Indian A member of any of the indigenous peoples of North, Central, and South America, especially those indigenous to what is now the continental US.
Great Britain A political term for the part of the United Kingdom made up of England, Scotland, and Wales
Lewis and Clark Expedition Expedition to cross the newly acquired western portion of the country after the Louisiana Purchase.
Louisiana Purchase The Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition of the territory of Louisiana by the United States from France in 1803.
Manifest Destiny A widely held cultural belief in the 19th-century United States that American settlers were destined to expand across North America.
The Star-Spangled Banner The national anthem of the United States of America, based on a poem written by Francis Scott Key on September 14, 1814
Transcontinental Railroad A train route across the United States, finished in 1869.
War of 1812 A war between Britain and the United States, fought between 1812 and 1815.
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