Vocab Westward Expansion

the art of conducting negotiations with other countries

• divine

• Mexican-American War

• diplomacy

• dictator

the 1836 rebellion of Texans against Mexican rule that resulted in Texas becoming an independent nation

• Texas War for Independence

• territory

• justifiable

• dictator

to add a territory to a country.

• manifest destiny

• Mexican-American War

• annex

• diplomacy

a region of land; also, a region designated by Congress and organized under a governor

• territory

• diplomacy

• Mexican-American War

• justifiable

the war with Mexico from 1846 to 1847 that resulted in Mexico ceding to the United States a huge region from Texas to California

• justifiable

• manifest destiny

• Mexican-American War

• divine

the belief that it was America’s right and duty to spread across the North American continent

• manifest destiny

• justifiable

• annex

• diplomacy

a person who moves from one country to another. Such a movement is called immigration.

• forty-niners

• stimulated

• immigrant

• Lewis and Clark expedition

a land grant made by the Mexican government, used mostly for raising cattle and crops

• status

• rancho

• stimulated

• persecuted

an overland route that stretched about 2,000 miles from Independence, Missouri, to the Columbia River in Oregon

• Oregon Trail

• Mormons

• Lewis and Clark expedition

• status

a person’s or a group’s impact on future generations

• Oregon Trail

• persecuted

• legacy

• Lewis and Clark expedition