| A | B |
|---|
| frontier | the land that forms the farthest extent of a nation's settled regions |
| Great Plains | grass covered region stretching from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains |
| policy | plan or course of action, as pursued by a government |
| distinct | clear or definite; different in its quality |
| peninsulares | Spanish settlers in the Americas |
| creole | American born children of peninsulares |
| mestizo | children of peninsulares and Native Americans or Africans |
| land grants | government gifts of land |
| rancheros | owners of ranches in Mexico |
| expansion | extending the nation beyond its existing borders |
| John O'Sullivan | newspaper editor who used the phase manifest destiny in 1845 |
| manifest destiny | the belief that the United States was destined to extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific |
