Annexation & Statehood Vocab

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America's destiny to control and civilize North America

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Manifest Destiny

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Lands surrendered to the U.S. by Mexico after the Mexican War.

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Mexican Cession

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Sign or give formal consent, making it valid.

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Ratify

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Line dividing free and slave states.

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Compromise of 1850

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Addition of a country or territory into another.

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Annexation

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Formally concluded and ratified agreement between countries.

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Treaty

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Treaty that ended the Mexican-American War.

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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

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Gaining land to the West

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Westward Expansion

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Making amends for a wrong by compensating those harmed.

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Reparations

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Disagreement, argument, or debate.

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Dispute