Unit 5 Flash cards- republic of Texas

Front

Annexation

Back

adding territory to

existing territory

Front

manifest destiny

Back

idea that the United

States should expand

to include the territory

from the Atlantic

Ocean to the Pacific

Ocean

Front

compromise

Back

an agreement in which

both sides give up

some demands

Front

foreign relations

Back

dealings between

countries

Front

domestic affairs

Back

relating to issues within

a home country

Front

cession

Back

something that is given

up in a treaty,

generally territory

Front

debt

Back

the state of owing money.

Front

federalism

Back

system of government that divides power between a national government and state governments

Front

republic

Back

a form of government in which a state is ruled by citizens who elect people to represent them in the government

Front

abolish

Back

officially putting an end to something