Chapter 15 Vocabulary

Question 1

Acquired

Answer 1

To obtain

Question 2

Manifest destiny

Answer 2

the belief popular in the United States in the 1800s that the country must expand its boundaries to the Pacific Ocean.

Question 3

Joint resolution

Answer 3

a statement passed by both houses of a legislature that has the force of law

Question 4

Ratify

Answer 4

To approve formally

Question 5

Despite

Answer 5

Regardless of

Question 6

Simular

Answer 6

Alike

Question 7

Nativism

Answer 7

biased toward or favoring the interests of native-born American citizens

Question 8

Participate

Answer 8

To take part in a activity

Question 9

Reservation

Answer 9

land set aside for Native Americans

Question 10

Repairation

Answer 10

payment for damages and suffering

Question 11

Envoy

Answer 11

a person who is sent by one government to represent it in dealing with another government

Question 12

Revised

Answer 12

To change a text

Question 13

Armistance

Answer 13

A temporary end to fighting

Question 14

Abandon

Answer 14

To leave and never return

Question 15

Obtain

Answer 15

to gain or get something, usually by effort

Question 16

Census

Answer 16

an official count of the people living in an area

Question 17

Shifted

Answer 17

to move or cause something to be moved to a different place

Question 18

Antebellum

Answer 18

referring to the decades before the Civil War