Unit 7: Republic to Statehood Vocab

the process of adding land to an existing territory

• annexation

• cash crop

• debt

• election

a crop that people raise to sell to others rather than to use themselves

• cash crop

• free enterprise system

• telegraph

• debt

give up something, generally refers to formally giving up land

• cession

• profit

• annexation

• cash crop

money owed to someone else

• debt

• election

• republic

• annexation

an event in which people vote to choose government leaders

• election

• free enterprise system

• profit

• republic

economic system characterized by freedom for consumers and producers

• free enterprise system

• telegraph

• debt

• cession

how much money is made

• profit

• free enterprise system

• republic

• debt

a form of government in which the people choose their leaders

• republic

• annexation

• telegraph

• election

invention that allowed coded messages to quickly travel over long distances

• telegraph

• profit

• free enterprise system

• republic