Units 7-9 Vocabulary

Front

What is the process of adding land to a territory called?

Back

Annexation

Front

What term describes something given up in a treaty, generally territory?

Back

Cession

Front

What is a government called where representatives are chosen by the people and power is limited by a constitution?

Back

Constitutional Republic

Front

What is the term for a war within a country?

Back

Civil War

Front

What is an alliance of sovereign states called?

Back

Confederacy

Front

What market system allows freedom for consumers and producers?

Back

Free Enterprise System

Front

What is the process of rebuilding the Union with the readmission of the Southern states?

Back

Reconstruction

Front

What does it mean to withdraw from the Union?

Back

Secede

Front

What is the movement of large herds of cattle to markets in the North called?

Back

Cattle Drive

Front

What is a military complex of buildings where soldiers live?

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Forts