VOCABULARY 1
Means to steal goods, typically using force and in a time of civil disorder.
What is plunder?
Held this high office in the US Government.
What is President?
George Washington became angry at Native Americans because...
They started fighting back.
Who did white settlers believe commissioned Manifest Destiny?
God
When someone acts differently from what they claim to believe.
What is hypocrisy?
Wrote this founding document in US history.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
The Native American march from Georgia to the west is called...
The Trail of Tears.
Name another American atrocity that was justified by religion.
Slavery, Jim Crow laws, bans on intermarriage.
Means something that lends increased dignity or nobility of character.
What is Ennobling?
Engaged in this form of human trafficking.
What is slavery?
The writer who coined the phrase "irrevocable adieu" the treatment of Native Americans is
Alexis de Tocqueville
What is the meaning of Providence?
The idea that something is based on the will of God.
Means relating to or using force or threats
What is coercive?
Sought to "eat the cake and have it to" is analogy meaning...
Jefferson wanted to be both a friend and a foe to the Native Americans.
The pledge to pay the Choctaws 3 million dollars for relocating took how long to be paid?
30 years
What are the two basic foundations of Manifest Destiny?
Racism (white supremacy) and religion.
French for “farewell” or "goodbye,
What is Adieu?
Jefferson wanted assimilation with the Native Americans which means
Native Americans would take in and adopt the white settlers’ culture, language, and practices.
Why did Native Americans agree to leave their homeland?
They did so under force and in order to survive.
Explain the influence of American imperialism.
One nation has the right to rule over another people.