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\Unit 5 Vocab
TCI Chapter 8-21 5th Social Studies
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| acquisition | something that is gained, or acquired |
| boundary | the geographic line between two places, such as two countries |
| cede | give up territory, usually as the result of a treaty |
| expedition | a group of people sent to explore unknown places |
| reservation | an area of land set aside by the United States government for Native Americans to live on |
| abolitionist | a person who wanted to end, or abolish, slavery |
| amendment | a change to the Constitution |
| Californio | a Spanish-speaking person who had settled in California |
| annex | to add or incorporate (a new territory) into a country |
| Civil War | the bitter conflict fought from 1861 to 1865 between the states that remained in the Union and the states that seceded and formed the Confederacy |
| claim | a piece of land worked by a miner seeking valuable minerals |
| compromise | an agreement in which each side gives up some of what it wants |
| Confederacy | the nation formed by the 11 states (in order of secession—South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, Tennessee) that left the Union |
| draft | the selection of people to serve in an army whether or not they wish to serve |
| Emancipation Proclamation | President Abraham Lincoln’s order to free (emancipate) people enslaved in states that were still fighting the Union and to allow African Americans into the Union army and navy |
| forty-niner | a gold-seeker in the California gold rush of 1849 |
| immigrant | a person who comes from his or her homeland to settle in another country |
| Manifest Destiny | an American belief in the 1800s that it was the natural right of the United States to expand westward to the Pacific Ocean |
| Mormon | a person who is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints |
| rancho | an area of land, usually for raising cattle, granted by Mexico to Spanish and Mexican citizens who lived in North America |
| transcontinental | extending across a continent |
| Underground Railroad | a system in which abolitionists secretly helped people who had escaped slavery reach freedom |
| Union | the United States as one country; during the Civil War, the government and the armies of the states that chose to remain a part of the United States |
| yoke | a wooden frame that fastens around an animal’s neck and is then attached to a wagon or other vehicle |
| secede | to officially withdraw from a government or a country |
| sectionalism | strong concern for local interests |
| pioneer | one of the first people to settle in a territory |
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