Week 23 American History Vocabulary

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Monroe Doctrine

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Policy stating that U.S. opposed further European colonization and interference in Western Hemisphere

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Perspective

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A specific point of view in understanding or judging things or events

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Louisiana Purchase

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Acquisition by the U.S. in 1803 of 828,000 square miles in the west from France

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Dissatisfaction

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Attitude of not being satisfied or content with circumstances

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Freedom of Petition

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Right to write government leaders to ask for changes in policies

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Displacement

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Removal of American Indians from their homelands

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Freedom of Assembly

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Right to hold peaceful meetings in public

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Distinguish

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To divide into classes; classify

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Culture

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Common values, beliefs or traditions of a group of people.