Unit 5 Vocab Quiz

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something that is gained, or acquired

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the geographic line between two places, such as two countries

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give up territory, usually as the result of a treaty

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a group of people sent to explore unknown places

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an area of land set aside by the United States government for Native Americans to live on

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a person who wanted to end, or abolish, slavery

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a Spanish-speaking person who had settled in California

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to add or incorporate (a new territory) into a country

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the bitter conflict fought from 1861 to 1865 between the states that remained in the Union and the states that seceded and formed the Confederacy

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a piece of land worked by a miner seeking valuable minerals

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the nation formed by the 11 states (in order of secession—South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, Tennessee) that left the Union

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the selection of people to serve in an army whether or not they wish to serve

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President Abraham Lincoln’s order to free (emancipate) people enslaved in states that were still fighting the Union and to allow African Americans into the Union army and navy

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a gold-seeker in the California gold rush of 1849

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a person who comes from his or her homeland to settle in another country

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an American belief in the 1800s that it was the natural right of the United States to expand westward to the Pacific Ocean

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a person who is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

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extending across a continent

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a system in which abolitionists secretly helped people who had escaped slavery reach freedom

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the United States as one country; during the Civil War, the government and the armies of the states that chose to remain a part of the United States; (the North)

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to officially withdraw from a government or a country

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one of the first people to settle in a territory

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strong concern for local interests