Westward Expansion Vocabulary – Use Glossary to define Pioneer   Nationalism Industrial Revolution Assimilate Dictator Annex Manifest Destiny Forty-niners Canal Cotton gin Inter - changeable parts Free Enterprise Supply and demand Cession Gold Rush

Westward Expansion Vocabulary – Use Glossary to define Pioneer  An early settler of an area Nationalism  Pride in one’s country Industrial Revolution  The period of time during the 1800’s when machines took the place of hand tools to manufacture goods Assimilate  Adopt Dictator  A leader who has complete control of the government Annex  To add to Manifest Destiny The idea that the United States was meant to stretch from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean Forty-niners  Gold seekers who arrived in California Canal A human-made waterway that connects bodies of water Cotton gin A machine that could quickly remove the seeds from cotton Inter - changeable parts Parts that can be made exactly alike by machines Free Enterprise An economic system in which people are able to start and run their own businesses with little control by the government. Supply and demand The amount of goods that are offered for sale and the need or desire for the good by people willing to pay for it. Cession Something that is given up, such as land Gold Rush A sudden rush of people to an area where gold has been found