Unit 7 Social Studies Vocabulary

What is the name of the first battle of the Texas Revolution

• Battle of the Alamo

• Battle of Gonzales

• Battle of San Jacinto

• Battle of Goliad

Which U.S. President signed the Indian Removal Act of 1830

• James K. Polk

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Quincy Adams

• Andrew Jackson

The purpose of this law was to remove Native Americans living in the South and relocate them to lands west of the Mississippi River.

• Indian Removal Act of 1830

• Manifest Destiny

• Texas Annexation

• Mexican Cession

Idea that the United States should expand to include the territory from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean

• Manifest Destiny

• Pioneers

• Frontier

• Expansion

Someone who is first to settle a region or enter into an project

• Manifest Destiny

• Frontier

• Pioneers

• Immigration

A piece of evidence created by someone at the time of the event

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

• Immigration

• Expansion

Information created by someone who was not present at an event, after an event happened

• Primary Source

• Pioneers

• Secondary Source

• Immigration

The act of permanently moving to a new country

• Manifest Destiny

• Indian Removal Act of 1830

• Expansion

• Immigration

The process of spreading out or increasing in size

• Immigration

• Expansion

• Secondary Source

• Primary Source

A region with very few people living in it or new field of study or exploration

• Manifest Destiny

• Expansion

• Pioneers

• Frontier