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Era 6 Vocabulary

Published on Feb 01, 2019

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Era 6 Vocabulary

Jocelyn Dunham

Manifest Destiny

Belief that Americans were given America by God 
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The Alamo

Fort in San Antonio Texas used during the Texas rebellion
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sectionalism

Exaggerated devotion to ones region
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Exodusters

African Americans who migrated from states along the Mississippi River to Kansas

Gold rush

rapid movement of people to a newly discovered goldfield

49ers

 a miner or other person that took part in the 1849 California Gold Rush.
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Homestead act

act of Congress in 1862 that gave people use of 160 acres of land to farm without payment

Extremist

person who holds extreme or fanatical political or religious views
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Revolution

Act of overthrowing the government with force
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Constitutionality

quality of being in accordance with a political constitution

Secession

withdrawing formally from membership of a federation or body

Territories

area of land under the jurisdiction of a ruler or state

Citizenship

position or status of being a citizen of a particular country
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