Social Studies
Waterway that connected new York city with buffalo NY and led to the growth of the Midwest
Erie Canal
an organism that can make (or produce) its own energy storage molecules (plants, trees)
Producer
Belief that the united states had the god given right to expand from the Atlantic ocean to the pacific ocean
Manifest Destiny
a set of interacting parts forming a complex whole
system
Trail that ran westward from independence Missouri to the Oregon territory
Oregon Trail
1830 law that called for the government to negotiate treaties requiring native Americans to relocate west
the process where plants use energy from sunlight to change C02 and H20 into 02 and glucose
Photosynthesis
Forced removal of the Cherokee from their homeland to Indian territory where 1/4th of the people died
Trail of Tears
the starting materials or "ingredients" in a chemical reaction that undergo chemical change
reactant
A conflict between Mexico and Americans living in Texas who were trying to gain their independence
Texas Revolution
annex
all the living and nonliving things interacting in a particular area
Ecosystem
Mexican territory surrendered to the united states at the end of the war with Mexico.
Mexican Cession
the ability to make things move or change
Energy
A war between Mexico and the united states that resulted in the u s gaining the southwestern part of the present day country
Mexican-American War
The idea of widening political power to a greater number of people
Jacksonian Democracy
Matter that makes up living and dead organisms in an ecosystem (plants, animals, and decomposers)
Biotic Matter
7th president of the united states ordered the trail of tears
Andrew Jackson
an organism that needs to eat (or consume) in order to get energy storage molecules (animals or humans)
Consumer
to absorb into a culture
assimilate
formal act of giving up land, territory, or rights by one nation to another, usually through a treaty or agreement after a war
Cession
Matter that makes up nonliving parts of an ecosystem (air, water, rocks)
Abiotic Matter
Molecules that organisms use to release energy needed to survive
Energy Storage Molecules