Westward Expansion & Sectionalism Vocabulary Review

to add a territory to a country

• Louisiana Purchase

• Statehood

• Annex

• Territorial Expansion

The belief that it was America's right to spread across North America

• Manifest Destiny

• Westward Expansion

• Territorial Expansion

• Second Great Awakening

The people who joined the rush for gold in California in 1849

• Forty-Niners

• Gold Rushers

• Explorers

• Miners

an overland route that stretched about 2000 miles from Independence, Missouri to the Columbia River in Oregon

• California Trail

• Utah Trail

• Mormon Trail

• Oregon Trail

a person who moves from one country to another

• Migrator

• Nomad

• Immigrant

• Explorer

to make changes in order to bring about improvement, end abuses, or correct injustices

• Advocate

• Reform

• Social Activist

• Change

A person who supported the ending of slavery

• Anti-slaverist

• Activist

• Advocate

• Abolitionist

the right to vote

• Citizen

• Voter

• Suffrage

• Civilian

Unequal treatment based on a person's race, gender, religion, place of birth, or other characteristic

• Discrimination

• Oppression

• Racism

• Segregation

The feeling of being weighed down or held back by severe and unfair treatment

• Discrimination

• Oppression

• Racism

• Segregation