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Self-appointed law enforcers
Vigilante
practice of having more than one spouse at a time
polygamy
To give up
cede
extending the nation beyond its existing borders.
Expansion
Religious followers who established a settlement in Utah
Mormons
2000 mile long path along which thousands of Americans journeyed to the Willamette Valley in the 1840's.
Oregon Trail
11th President of the United States from Tennessee; committed to westward expansion; led the country during the Mexican War; during his administration
James Polk
an abandoned mission near San Antonio that became an important battle site in the Texas Revolution
Alamo
People who went to California looking for Gold (They left in 1849)
forty-niners
a person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there
immigrant
A device that used electrical signals to send messages quickly over long distances
telegraph
Invented the cotton gin
Eli Whitney
Identical pieces that could be assembled quickly by unskilled workers
interchangeable parts
wrote the Star Spangled Banner
Francis Scott Key
British practice of taking American sailors and forcing them into military service
Impressment
A Shoshone woman whose language skills and knowledge of geography helped Lewis and Clark
Sacagawea
A skilled mapmaker and outdoorsman chosen to explore the Louisiana Territory
William Clark
Army captain appointed by President Jefferson to explore the Louisiana Territory and lands west to the Pacific Ocean
Meriwether Lewis
President who changed the boundaries of the United States with the Louisiana Purchase.
Thomas Jefferson
the belief that the United States had a right to expand its borders and claim new lands
Manifest Destiny
an engine that is powered by the energy produced by steam
steam engine
a machine for separating cotton from its seeds.
Cotton Gin
not taking sides
neutral
A journey made for a special purpose
expedition
a person who settles in a part of a country and prepares it for others
pioneer
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