Western Expansion

a person living in a country who is not a citizen of that country

• suffragette

• privateer

• alien

• ranchero

to leave or withdraw

• secede

• cede

• annex

• acquire

to transfer control of something

• cede

• secede

• acquire

• unite

sturdy vehicle topped with white canvas and used by pioneers to move west

• canal

• turnpike

• frigate

• Conestoga wagon

a canvas-covered wagon used by pioneers in the mid-1800s

• frigate

• prairie schooner

• trolley

• freight train

money paid for protection

• interest

• customs duty

• tribute

• tariff

the right to sail the seas and not take sides in a war

• embargo

• manumission

• suffrage

• neutral rights

tax collected on goods that are imported

• customs duty

• income tax

• embargo

• impressment

an order prohibiting trade with another country

• annex

• embargo

• ordinance

• tribute

loyalty to a nation and promotion of its interests above all others

• xenophobia

• nationalism

• neutrality

• dual citizenship