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Unit 7 Vocabulary
The Annexation of Texas and Early Statehood
Manifest Destiny
The belief that the United States was
clearly destined to expand from
the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean
compromiseagreement in
which each side gives up something it
wants in order to reach an agreement
traitor
a person who betrays another person,
cause, or their
country
treason
acting to overthrow or harm
one’s own governmen
t
political partiesgroups of people who help elect
government officials and
influence government
policies
nominated
chosen as a
candidate
joint resolution
formal expression of intent
corporations
companies that sell shares of
ownership to investors to raise money
offensive
a major troop
advance
reservations
limited areas of land
reserved for American Indians
cotton belt
the southern region of the United States
that grew most of the country’s
cotton crop
telegraphsallowed people
to communicate across vast
distances by sending coded signals over
wires
abolition
an end to slavery
