VOCABULARY 1
Thomas Jefferson
This Means War
Providence
100

Means to steal goods, typically using force and in a time of civil disorder.

What is plunder?

100

Held this high office in the US Government.

What is President?

100

George Washington became angry at Native Americans because...

They started fighting back.

100

Who did white settlers believe commissioned Manifest Destiny?

God

200

When someone acts differently from what they claim to believe.

What is hypocrisy?

200

Wrote this founding document in US history.

What is the Declaration of Independence?

200

The Native American march from Georgia to the west is called...

The Trail of Tears.

200

Name another American atrocity that was justified by religion.

Slavery, Jim Crow laws, bans on intermarriage.

300

Means something that lends increased dignity or nobility of character.

What is Ennobling?

300

Engaged in this form of human trafficking. 

What is slavery?

300

The writer who coined the phrase "irrevocable adieu" the treatment of Native Americans is 

Alexis de Tocqueville

300

What is the meaning of Providence?

The idea that something is based on the will of God. 

400

Means relating to or using force or threats

What is coercive?

400

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.

400

The pledge to pay the Choctaws 3 million dollars for relocating took how long to be paid?

30 years

400

What are the two basic foundations of Manifest Destiny?

Racism (white supremacy) and religion.

500

French for “farewell” or "goodbye,

What is Adieu?

500

Jefferson wanted assimilation with the Native Americans which means

Native Americans would take in and adopt the white settlers’ culture, language, and practices.

500

Why did Native Americans agree to leave their homeland?

They did so under force and in order to survive.

500

Explain the influence of American imperialism.

One nation has the right to rule over another people.