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The Annexation of Texas and Early Statehood

The Annexation of Texas and Early Statehood. U nit 7 Vocabulary. Manifest Destiny. The belief that the United States was clearly destined to expand from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. compromise.

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The Annexation of Texas and Early Statehood

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  1. The Annexation of Texas and Early Statehood Unit 7 Vocabulary

  2. Manifest Destiny The belief that the United States was clearly destined to expand from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean

  3. compromise agreement in which each side gives up something it wants in order to reach an agreement

  4. traitor a person who betrays another person, cause, or their country

  5. treason acting to overthrow or harm one’s own government

  6. political parties groups of people who help elect government officials and influence government policies

  7. nominated chosen as a candidate

  8. joint resolution formal expression of intent

  9. corporations companies that sell shares of ownership to investors to raise money

  10. offensive a major troop advance

  11. reservations limited areas of land reserved for American Indians

  12. cotton belt the southern region of the United States that grew most of the country’s cotton crop

  13. telegraphs allowed people to communicate across vast distances by sending coded signals over wires

  14. abolition an end to slavery

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