Republic/statehood Vocabulary

The idea that the United States should expand to include territory from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.

• Manifest Destiny

• Annexation

• Cession

• Republic

Adding territory to existing territory.

• Compromise

• Federalism

• Annexation

• Republic

Something that is given up in a treaty usually territory.

• Federalism

• Compromise

• Manifest Destiny

• Cession

An agreement in which both sides give up some demands.

• Cession

• Compromise

• Annexation

• Dictatorship

Relations between different countries.

• Foreign Relations

• Cession

• Domestic Affairs

• Federalism

Relating to issues within a home country.

• Foreign Relations

• Federalism

• Domestic Affairs

• Republic

A government with elected representatives.

• Domestic Affairs

• Dictatorship

• Federalism

• Republic

A system of government where state and national governments have different powers.

• Federalism

• Republic

• Dictatorship

• Annexation

A government where one person has all the power with few limits.

• Annexation

• Republic

• Dictatorship

• Cession