Westward Expansion Vocab

a formal document that creates an agreement between two nations

• treaty

• amendment

• ratify

• cease-fire

canceled

• numbified

• nullified

• ratified

• annexed

symbols for the sounds and syllables in the Cherokee language

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ceasefire or break in fighting

• tip off

• white flag

• truce

• treaty

the idea that Americans were justified in claiming land from anyone who opposed them

• living the dream

• Trail of Tears

• Indian Removal Act

• manifest destiny

people who are among the first to do something

• pilgrims

• puritans

• settlers

• pioneers

an army that was ready at all times, who enlisted for a period of time

• waiting army

• sitting army

• standing army

• ready army

the motivations for people who migrate

• come-go factors

• here-there factors

• push-pull factors

• immigration factors

including or adding

• annexation

• next nation

• nullification

• ratification

a large channel dug in the earth that is filled with water for boats to use

• canal

• plow

• channel

• canary