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Manifest Destiny | The idea that Americans had the right and duty to expand west |
Louisiana Purchase | A land purchase from France that doubled the size of the United States and allowed the US to trade along the Mississippi River. |
American Dream | The belief that every American can work hard to get what they want |
industrial | Related to a manufacturing business |
immigrants | Foreigners who came to the United States to live and work |
annex | Adding territory of another state to a country |
Mexican Cession Land | Land given to the United States at the end of the war with Mexico in 1848 |
Gadsden Purchase of 1853 | A purchase named after James Gadsden in which the US pruchased more territory from Mexico that would eventurlly make up the southern part of Arizona and Mexico and established the US-Mexican border |
agricultural | Relating to work or business of producing crops |
productivity | The state of being able to create, particularly at a high quality an quick speed |
reduction | A decrease or a less amount, or the amount by which something decreases or goes down |
immigration | The process of foreigners coming to the United States to live and work |
ventilation | an opening that lets air in |
Nativism | The policy of favoring people born in America over immigrants to hire for jobs |