| A | B |
| Manifest Destiny | Belief of Superiority |
| Mississippi River | land west of this river was to be claimed |
| Native Americans | lost land and part of their culture |
| Multiple Perpsective | knowing events from many points of view |
| Chinese Americans | worked as labors like on the railroad |
| famine | severe lack of food |
| emigration | to permanently settle in a new country |
| Western Expansion | Time period when USA goes from Sea to Shining Sea |
| African Americans | this group saw more need for slave labor as the USA went westward |
| Latino Americans | this group were welcomed to stay on their land but needed to practice American laws but kept their culture |
| Squatter's Rights | USA claims land because more of their people populated it |
| Time period of Western Expansion | 1803-1853 |
| Latinos | this group went from being the majority to a strong minority voice |