Unit 7 Early Statehood Vocabulary

What is the term for adding territory to existing territory?

• Cession

• Annexation

• Compromise

• Abolish

Which concept refers to the idea that the United States should expand from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean?

• Federalism

• Manifest Destiny

• Domestic Affairs

• Foreign Relations

What is the term for an agreement in which both sides give up some demands?

• Dispute

• Compromise

• Cession

• Ratify

What does the term "foreign relations" refer to?

• Issues within a home country

• Dealings between countries

• Adding territory to existing territory

• A change to a law

What does "domestic affairs" relate to?

• Issues within a home country

• Dealings between countries

• Expanding territory

• Approving a law

What is the term for something that is given up in a treaty, generally territory?

• Annexation

• Cession

• Compromise

• Abolish

What does it mean to "abolish" something?

• To approve

• To get rid of

• To add territory

• To dispute

What is federalism?

• Power shared between federal and state levels

• A change to a law

• An agreement between countries

• A disagreement

What does it mean to "ratify" a document?

• To dispute it

• To approve it

• To amend it

• To abolish it

What is an amendment?

• A disagreement

• A change/addition to a law/constitution

• A treaty

• A domestic affair