Westward Expansion Vocabulary

Pattern of movement in which the U.S. acquired land in the 1800s.

• Manifest Destiny

• Westward Growth

• Cession

• Annexation

To gain ownership of something, especially with land or wealth.

• Acquire

• Annexation

• Advocate

• Dispute

The border between one territory (piece of land) and another. These could be rivers or imaginary lines.

• Fulfill

• Agrarian

• Boundary

• Cession

To complete or accomplish totally.

• Dispute

• Fulfill

• Boundary

• Acquire

Land given up in a treaty to another country.

• Manifest Destiny

• Treaty

• Cession

• Boundary

The adding of a region to the land of an existing political unit (like the U.S.).

• Cession

• Westward Growth

• Boundary

• Annexation

Having to do with farms, farmers, or the use of land.

• Advocate

• Acquire

• Agrarian

• Dispute

Argument through words or actions.

• Dispute

• Agree

• Advocate

• Annexation

To support a specific cause or idea.

• Westward Growth

• Annexation

• Advocate

• Manifest Destiny

The belief in the 1800s that the United States was destined by God to extend its boundaries from the Atlantic to Pacific Ocean.

• Manifest Destiny

• Westward Growth

• Cession

• Annexation