| A | B |
| Departments | parts of the government that report to the president |
| Foreign policy | the plans a country makes for how it will act toward other countries |
| Louisian Purchase | the 1803 sale by France of much of western North America to the United States |
| Advisers | people who give advice (help), or opinions, about how to solve problems |
| Policy | a plan of action that a government must make |
| Expedition | a trip made by a group of people for a definite purpose |
| Presidency | the time a person serves as president |
| Monroe Doctrine | the idea that Europe should not set up new colonies in the Americas and the United States would stay out of European problems |
| Wilderness | a land it its wild, natural state where few or no people live |
| Cabinet | the group of people a president names to act as official advisers and head the departments of government |
| Isolationism | a policy of not getting involved in other countries' wars |