1. Manifest Destiny Vocabulary Unit 8

2. Words to Define Joint occupationAnnex Mountain ManResources Emigrantjustify Prairie SchoonerForty-niners Manifest DestinyBoomtown

3. Joint occupation A situation in which people from two countries can occupy an area

4. Mountain Man An adventurer form the American West

5. emigrant A person who leaves his or her country to live somewhere else

6. Prairie Schooner A canvas-covered wagon used by pioneers in the mid- 1800’s

7. Manifest Destiny The belief that the United States was destined by God to extend its boundaries to the pacific Ocean.

8. Annex To add a territory to one’s own territory

9. resources Something that can be used for benefit, especially land, minerals, and water

10. justify To provide an explanation for

11. Forty-Niners A fortune seeker who came to California during the Gold Rush

12. Boomtown A fast growing community