Vocabulary
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Vocabulary 3
History by Year
Expanding Nation
100
A machine that removes seeds from cotton fiber
Cotton Gin
100
An artificial waterway
Canal
100
Fortune seeker who came to California during the Gold Rush of 1849
Fourty-niner
100
When was the War of 1812
1812...really?
100
Who did the United States purchase Louisiana from?
France
200
A canvas-covered wagon used by pioneers in the mid-1800’s
Prairie Schooner
200
Group of advisers to the president
Cabinet
200
A person who leaves his country to live elsewhere
Emigrant
200
When was the California Gold Rush?
1849
200
What event led to the expansion of cities along the Pacific Coast?
The Gold Rush
300
The belief popular in the mid-1800’s that the United States must extend its boundaries to the Pacific Ocean
Manifest Destiny
300
To legally overturn, cancel
Nullify
300
Sole legal right to an invention and its profits
Patent
300
When was the Louisiana Purchase?
1803
300
What was the main issue at stake in the Missouri Compromise?
Slavery
400
A prohibition or blocking of trade with a certain country
Embargo
400
An extreme shortage of food
Famine
400
To add on
Annex
400
When was the annexation of Texas?
1845
400
How did the Gold Rush affect California’s population?
Towns and cities developed almost overnight
500
To withdraw or break away from a nation or organization; to officially leave an organization
Secede
500
A strong sense of devotion to one’s country
Nationalism
500
Unfair treatment based on prejudice against a certain group
Discrimination
500
When was the Indian Removal Act passed?
1830
500
What act allowed American settlers to continue moving west?
The Homestead Act
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