Unit 5 APUSH Vocab

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Expansionism

The policy or practice of a nation expanding its territory of influence, often through aggressive actions and belief in its superiority

Migration/Immigration

Early-to-mid 19th century America saw an influx of this, and large increases in its German and Irish populations, resulting in increased nativist sentiment

Manifest Destiny

The belief that the U.S. has the god-given right to expand westward to the Pacific Ocean

Mexican-American War

A military conflict between the United States and Mexico from 1846-48, triggered by a dispute over the Nueces Strip and the lack of recognition of the Republic of Texas, which later joined the United States

Ethnic Communities

Groups of people who share a common cultural identity, including language, religion, traditions, or ancestry, which creates a sense of belonging and distinctiveness

Nativism

The policy of prioritizing native-born Americans over immigrants due to anti-immigrant sentiment and xenophobia

Civil War

The military conflict from 1861-65 between the United States and the Confederate States of America (Southern states that seceded from the Union) due to disputes over slavery

Sectionalism

Free Labor

Manufacturing

Abolitionists

States’ Rights

Secession

Election of 1860

Compromise of 1850

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Dred Scott Decision

Republican Party

Abraham Lincoln

Mexican Cession

Radical Republicans

Gettysburg Address

Free Soil Platform

Reconstruction

Confederacy

Emancipation Proclamation

13th Amendment

Sharecropping System

Moderate Republicans

14th & 15th Amendments

Women’s Movement