Unit 7 Vocabulary Updated

Front

What is the idea or belief that the US had the right to expand its territory from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean?

Back

Manifest Destiny

Front

What is known as someone who is the first to settle a region or begin a new project?

Back

Pioneers

Front

What is known as a region with very few people living in it, or new field of study or exploration? Options: Frontier, Migration, Settler, Exploration

Back

Frontier

Front

What is known as an area that shares physical or human characteristics?

Back

Region

Front

What is known the process of moving from one place to another? Options: Migration, Oregon Trail, Settler, Frontier

Back

Migration

Front

What is known a person who moves with a group of other people to live in a new country or area?

Back

Settler

Front

What is known route used during US westward migration, especially from 1840-1860. It began in Missouri and ended in Oregon?

Back

Oregon Trail

Front

What is known as nickname for a miner or another person who took part in the 1849 California Gold Rush?

Back

49ers

Front

What is known as taking territory and join it to a state or country?

Back

Annex

Front

What is a law passed by Congress in 1820 that allowed Maine to enter the Union as a free state while Missouri entered the Union as a slave state?

Back

Missouri Compromise