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Westward Expansion
Vocabulary for Westward Expansion of the United States
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History
8th Grade
03/23/2012

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precedent
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an example or model for the future
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elector
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an elected state representative who helps formally elect the president
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cabinet
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official advisors to the chief of state
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diplomacy
Definition
meetings and talks between nations
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standing army, navy, etc.
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full-time military forces, even in peacetime
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political party
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organization of people who have similar approaches toward government and governing
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democracy
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government in which the people take part
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expedition
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voyage or journey of discovery
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natural resource
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something in nature used by people
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impressment
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practice of kidnapping a country's sailors and forcing them to serve another nation
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negotiations
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talks to work out problems
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embargo
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government ban on goods entering and/or leaving a country or region
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