Unit 4 (Westward Expansion)

To add a territory/region to a country

• Annex

• Invade

• Conquer

• Irrigate

The belief that it was the United States' right and duty to spread the nation across the North American continent

• Manifest Destiny

• Obvious Fate

• The Oregon Trail

• The Louisiana Purchase

The art of conducting negotiations with other countries

• Annexation

• Diplomacy

• Territory

• Immigration

A person or group's impact on future generations

The common term for the overland route that began in Missouri, and led to the West Coast

• The Hastings Cutoff

• The Oregon Trail

• Manifest Destiny

• The Texas Revolution

This colloquial term was used for people who took part in the California Gold Rush

Someone who moves from one country to another

• Immigrant

• Missionary

• 49er

• Colonist

A system for bringing water to farmland by artificial means, such as using a dam to trap water and ditches to channel it to fields

• Immigration

• Irrigation

• Annexation

• Aquafication

The United States went to war with this country in the 1840s, and as a result, added California and other Southwest states to the U.S.

In 1803, how did the United States acquire part or all of over a dozen states in the region commonly referred to as the Midwest?

• The Gadsden Purchase

• A Treaty with Spain

• The Louisiana Purchase

• The Mexican-American War