Oregon Vocab

a person who translates from one language to another

• immigrant

• pioneer

• Native American

• interpreter

a person who leaves their own country or place in order to

• interpreter

• pioneer

• immigrant

• American

an area of land under the rule of a state or country

• territory

• treaty

• immigrate

• famine

a system of trains and tracks that was important for travel during Westward Expansion

• car

• railroad

• plane

• bicycle

a large area of flat land in the United States that was necessary to travel across during Westward Expansion

• New England

• Canada

• Great Plains

• Southeast

to become bigger (usually for a country to become bigger)

• Massive growing

• Expansion

• Dexpansion

• Growth mindset

the belief of the Americans (in the 1800s) that the U.S. was “destined” to expand to the West

• Hopeful Belief

• Immigration

• Westward Expansion

• Mainfest Destiny

a train of wagons; a helpful way for pioneers to travel together in a line

• caravan

• wagon train

• treaty

• westward expansion

a formal agreement between two or more groups, especially countries

• immigrant

• treaty

• caravan

• Manifest Destiny

a shortage of food over a large area or country

• railroad

• treaty

• territory

• famine