Social Studies - Set 2

Manifest Destiny

belief that the United States was meant to expand from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean

Mexican Cession

land the United States recieved after winning the U.S.-Mexican War; included California

Reasons for exploration

increase wealth, spread religion, expand empires, and claim territory

Reason for representative government

the king of Britain was too far away from the United States to govern the colonies

Spain

claimed the southern part of modern-day United States

Tenth Amendment

rights not given to the federal government are given to the states

Thirteenth Amendment

abolishes, or ends, slavery in the United States

Transatlantic slave trade

Africans were forcibly brought to the United States to work on plantations

Unalienable rights

rights all people are born with; life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

Urbanization

people move from rural far areas to cities to work in factories