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8th Grade
02/06/2014

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Manifest Destiny
Definition
Belief it was America’s right and duty to spread across the continent.

Spread democracy and European-American culture and Christianity.
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Indian Removal Act
Definition
1830-allowed presidents to make treaties in which Native Americans in the East would trade their lands for new territory West.
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Trail of Tears
Definition
Cherokee forcibly removed from homes in Georgia-moved west by federal troops. 4,000 died during the long journey.
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Tyranny
Definition
Abuse of power through cruel and unfair treatment
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Genocide
Definition
The deliberate killing of a large group of people, esp. those of a particular ethnic group or nation.
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Oppression
Definition
Cruel or unjust treatment over and over.
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Primary Source
Definition
Source that survived from the past-person present during event.
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Secondary Source
Definition
Accounts of the past created by people not at the event.
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