Social Studies Weekly Texas Edition Week 16 Vocabulary

expanding the borders of or amount of land that belongs to a country

• territorial expansion

• annexation

• settlement

• immigration

• Manifest Destiny

the action of coming to live in a foreign country

• territorial expansion

• annexation

• settlement

• immigration

• Manifest Destiny

including or adding

• territorial expansion

• annexation

• settlement

• immigration

• Manifest Destiny

establish a community

• territorial expansion

• annexation

• settlement

• immigration

• Manifest Destiny

the idea that settlers were justified in claiming land from anyone who opposed them

• territorial expansion

• annexation

• settlement

• immigration

• Manifest Destiny

one taking part in the California gold rush of 1849

• forty-niners

• standing army

• pioneers

• immigrants

a person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country

• forty-niners

• standing army

• pioneers

• immigrants

people who are among the first to do something

• forty-niners

• standing army

• pioneers

• immigrants

an army that is ready at all times

• forty-niners

• standing army

• pioneers

• immigrants