Westward Expansion Vocabulary

something valuable that is bought or obtained

• acquisition

• cession

• annexation

• territory

people who are among the first to explore and settle in a new land or territory

• pioneers

• cession

• annexation

• territory

the formal giving up of rights, property, or territory

• frontier

• cession

• annexation

• territory

the addition of one state or territory into another (sometimes by force)

• expedition

• homestead

• annexation

• territory

an area of land controlled by a country or state

• acquisition

• cession

• annexation

• territory

a long-lasting impact 

• homestead

• migrate

• motive

• legacy

a reason for doing something

• homestead

• migrate

• motive

• legacy

to move from one place to another

• pioneers

• migrate

• frontier

• civilization

an area of public land in the West granted to an U.S. citizens willing to settle on and farm the land

• homestead

• migrate

• frontier

• legacy

the land that forms the furthest extent of a country’s settled territory

• homestead

• migrate

• frontier

• legacy