Westward Expansion Vocabulary

An artificial waterway made by man

• river

• canal

• ocean

• none of the above

to spread out: get bigger

• expansion

• decrease

• deflate

• overrate

an area of land owned by the US, but not part of a state

• island

• territory

• a state

• none of the above

a person who brings a new product, or improved product to market in hopes of earning a profit

• Bootlegger

• expansionist

• buyer

• Entrepreneur

the idea that it was good for the United States to expand from ocean to ocean

• Westward Expansion

• Manifest Destiny

• suffrage

• abolish

to make something better or improve it

• dissimilate

• conserve

• regress

• reform

a person who wanted to end slavery

• conservative

• abolitionist

• suffragist

• all of the above

to add something

• annex

• forfeit

• decrease

• release

suffrage

• the end of slavery

• the westward expansion movement

• the right to vote

• none of the above

to give up ownership of a piece of land

• refuse

• cede

• rebuttal

• none of the above