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Ch. 13, 14, &15 MGH
Ch. 13, 14, & 15 McGraw- Hill
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Capitol | a building where the legislative body of a republic , state, or country meets. |
| Amend | to change a constitution or law |
| expenditure | the money spent by government |
| public debt | the amount of money a nation's government owes |
| suspend | to stop something temporarily |
| tariff | a tax on imported goods |
| public land | land owned by the government |
| redback | paper money issued during the Lamar presidency to help resolve the public 's large debt. |
| annexation | the incorporation of a country or territory into another country or territory |
| diplomat | a person who represents nation's government in it's relations with another nation's government |
| cabinet | a group of people who serve as advisors to the head of the government |
| frontier | underdeveloped land that lies beyond the border of settler territory |
| archive | stored official government documents & records |
| revenue | money that the government collects |
| tradition | costume or habit |
| headright grant | grant or free land issued during the Republic to the head of household |
| homestead | a family home and it's surrounding lands |
| immigration agent | a person licensed and paid in land or money to bring people into the country |
| artisans | a person skilled t making things by hand |
| inhabit | to hold back or resist |
| supplement | to add something to a quantity o effort |
| subsistence crop | a crop grown to be used on the farm where it was raised |
| cash crop | a crop grown for the porpuse |
| squatter | a person who settles on or uses land that does not belong to them |
| log raft | a floating mass of tangled driftwood that can block a water way |
| telegraph | a device used to send and receive message over long distances using codes for letters and numbers |
| fiesta | a festival or religion celebration in the Mexican culture |
| establish | to set up or begin something |
| Manifest Destiny | the belief popular in the United Sates in the 1800s that the country must expand it's boundaries to the Pacific Ocean |
| Joint Resolution | a statement passed by both houses of legislation that has the force of law |
| ratify | to formally approve |
| nativism | biased toward of favoring the interests to native American citizens |
| reservation | land set aside for the Native Americans |
| reparation | payment for damages and suffering |
| envoy | a person who is sent by one government to represent in dealing with another government |
| armistice | a temporary end of fight |
| census | and official count of the people living in the area |
| antebellum | referring to the decades before the Civil War |
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