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ss topic 6 vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| trail of tears | the forced migration of Cherokee and other American Indian groups from their southeastern homelands to territories west of the Mississippi River. |
| self-sufficient | able to produce enough for one's own needs |
| siege | to surround and blockade an enemy town or position with troops to force it to surrender |
| revenue | money, especially money collected by a government for public use |
| mountain man | a trapper who explored and hunted in the American West in the early 1800's |
| manifest destiny | the 1800's belief that Americans ha the right to spread across the continent |
| indian removal act | a law passed by congress in 1830 setting up territories west of the Mississippi River where American indians living in existing states could be relocated. |
| flat boat | a boat with a flat bottom used for transporting heavy loads on inland waterways |
| frontier | a border, especially the border of an area of settlement, a line past which land is not settled |
| forty-niners | a term to describe one of more than 80,000 people who joined the California Gold Rush in 1849 |
| dictator | a ruler with absolute power and authority over a country |
| Erie Canal | the artificial waterway opened in 1825, linking Lake Erie to the Hudson River |
| Clermont | the steamboat built in 1807 by Robert Fulton, the first steamboat to be commercially successful in American waters |
| Acquire | to get something |
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