Unit 2: Westward Expansion (1865-1900)

RBM, Grade 7

Adapt (Adaptation)

Making adjustments or changes to survive in a new environment

Technology

Machines, equipment, or devices developed with the use of science

Agriculture

Growing crops and raising livestock (animals); farming

Assimilate

To blend into another culture; to accept that culture as your own

Indigenous

Groups of people who were the first to live in an area

Reservation

Areas of land set aside for a specific group

Resources

Money, materials, or other things that can be used by people

Manifest Destiny

The idea that the U.S. must expand from the Atlantic Ocean (East) to the Pacific Ocean (West).