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ch. 13,14,15, MGH
Ch 13,14,15
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Capital | a building where the legislative body of a replublic state or country meets |
| Amend | to change a constitution or law |
| expenditure | the money spent by a 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 republic's large debt |
| annexation | the incorporation of a country or territory into another country or territory |
| diplomat | a person who represents a 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 | undeveloped land that lies beyond the border of a settled territory |
| archive | stored official government documents & records |
| revenue | money that the government collects |
| tradition | custom or habit |
| headright grant | a grant of free land issued during the Republic to the head of the 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 a country |
| artisans | a person skilled at making things by hand |
| inhibit | to hold back or restrain |
| supplement | to add something to a quantity or effort |
| subsistence crop | a crop grown to be used on the farm where is was raised |
| cash crop | a crop grown for the purpose of being sold |
| 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 messages over long distances using codes for letters and numbers |
| fiesta | a festival or religious celebration in the Mexican culture |
| establish | to set up or begin something |
| Manifest Destiny | the belief popular in the United States in the 1800's 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 or favoring the interests of native born 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 in dealing with another government |
| armistice | a temporary end to fighting |
| census | an official count of the people living in an area |
| antebellum | referring to the decades before the Civil War |
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