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| The policy of extending the rule or authority of an empire or nation over foreign countries, or of acquiring and holding colonies and dependencies. |
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| Northwest Ordinance of 1787 |
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| outlined the process for admitting a new state to the union, and guarenteed that newly created states would be equal to the original thirteen states. |
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| the relocation of the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Creek, Seminole, and Choctaw nations beginning in 1831. Most infamously associated with the death of 4,000 Cherokees between 1838 and 1839. |
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| a tract of public land set apart for a special purpose, as for the use of an Indian tribe. |
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| the policy, as started by president Monroe in 1823, that the U.S opposed further European colonization of and interference with independent nations in the Western Hemisphere |
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| 133 Cheyenne and Arpaho people, 105 which were women and children were slaughtered in 1864 by the Colorado militia. |
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| was the acquisition by the U.S of 828,800 sq miles of French territory in 1803. The U.S paid of 15 million dollars. The purchase encompassed all or part of 14 current U.S states |
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| Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo |
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| Peace treaty that ended the Mexican American War. Mexico lost its claims to California and much of what currently comprises the SW U.S. |
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| the purchase of Alaska by the U.S from the Russian Empire in 1867. |
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| 1887 law that divided the reservation system into individual plots of land. Native Americans were forced to give up their tribal traditions and assimilate into white agrarian society. |
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| Also referred to as the Battle of Little Big Horn. The Lakota and Cheyenne tribes led by Sitting Bull inflicted an embarassing defeat on the U.S Army's 7th Cavalry in the Montana Territory in 1876. |
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| Journalism that exploits, distorts, exaggerates the news to create sensations and attract readers. |
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| the belief or doctrine, held chiefly in the middle and latter part of the 19th century, that it was the destiny of the U.S to expand its territory over the whole of North America and to extend and enhance its political, social, and economic influences. |
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| affected Cuba's rights to negotiate treaties and permitted the U.S to maintain its naval base at Guantanamo Bay and to intervene in Cuban affairs "for the preservation of Cuban independence". until 1934. |
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| 1890 massacre that left over 300 Sioux dead. It effectively endedthe ghost dance movement and all remaining organized Native American resistance. |
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| It gave President Jackson the power to negotiate removal treaties. Under these treaties, the indians were to give up their lands east of the Mississippi in exchange for lands to the west. |
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| 1917 Law that granted Puerto Ricans U.S citizenship |
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| a large-scale and hasty movement of people to California starting in 1849. |
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| native, original inhabitant |
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| To incorporate into an existing political unit such as a country, state, county, or city. |
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| The Systematic and widespread extermination or attempted extermination of an entire national,racial, religious, or ethnic group. |
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| a route used during the U.S westward migrations, esp. in the period from 1840 to 1860, starting in Missouri and ending in Oregon. about. 2000 mi. |
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| Presidental policy that amended the Monroe Doctrine to include the use of military force to restore internal stability to nations in the Western Hemisphere. |
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| a tract of 45,535 sq. mi., now contained in New Mexico and Arizona, purchased for $10,000,000 from Mexico in 1853, the treaty being negotiated by James Gadsden. |
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| seeking to devote the entire efforts of one's country to its own advancement and remain at peace by avoiding foreign entanglements and responsibilities. |
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| The ability of an independent state/ nation to control its own affairs. |
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| Organization that fought for farmers rights |
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African-American settlers in the West |
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| A frontier home, usually dug into a hill or made from sod |
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backing money with silver and gold |
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backing dollars solely with gold |
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| 1896 Populist/Democratic presidential nominee |
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| Transcontinental Railroad |
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a railroad that's spanning or crossing a continent |
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Political movement that sought advancement for farmers and laborers |
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| Major cattle route from San Antonio, Texas, through Oklahoma to Kansas. |
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| Act that offered free land to western settlers |
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