Unit 7 Vocabulary
The belief that the United States was clearly destined to expand from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean
agreement in which each side gives up something it wants in order to reach an agreement
a person who betrays another person, cause, or their country
acting to overthrow or harm one’s own government
groups of people who help elect government officials and influence government policies
chosen as a candidate
formal expression of intent
companies that sell shares of ownership to investors to raise money
a major troop advance
limited areas of land reserved for American Indians
the southern region of the United States that grew most of the country’s cotton crop
allowed people to communicate across vast distances by sending coded signals over wires
an end to slavery