My glorious vocabulary wall by D'Azaneh Jones https://padlet.com/dazjon4637/gdfmxsedqi9l Made with love en-us 2019-04-12 18:27:20 UTC 2026-01-01 07:23:56 UTC hello@padlet.com Manifest Destiny-In the 19th century, manifest destiny was a widely held belief in the United States that its settlers were destined to expand across North America. dazjon4637 https://padlet.com/dazjon4637/gdfmxsedqi9l/wish/351276075 2019-04-12 18:29:35 UTC https://padlet.com/dazjon4637/gdfmxsedqi9l/wish/351276075 The Alamo- an old Spanish mission like a church built by Catholic missionaries to minister to the natives. dazjon4637 https://padlet.com/dazjon4637/gdfmxsedqi9l/wish/351276505 2019-04-12 18:30:48 UTC https://padlet.com/dazjon4637/gdfmxsedqi9l/wish/351276505 sectionalism-restriction of interest to a narrow sphere, undue concern with local interests or petty distinctions at the expense of general well-being. dazjon4637 https://padlet.com/dazjon4637/gdfmxsedqi9l/wish/351277142 2019-04-12 18:32:18 UTC https://padlet.com/dazjon4637/gdfmxsedqi9l/wish/351277142 exodusters-Exodusters was a name given to African Americans who migrated from states along the Mississippi River to Kansas in the late nineteenth century, as part of the Exoduster Movement or Exodus of 1879. dazjon4637 https://padlet.com/dazjon4637/gdfmxsedqi9l/wish/351277940 2019-04-12 18:34:31 UTC https://padlet.com/dazjon4637/gdfmxsedqi9l/wish/351277940 Gold Rush-a rapid movement of people to a newly discovered goldfield. dazjon4637 https://padlet.com/dazjon4637/gdfmxsedqi9l/wish/351278447 2019-04-12 18:35:48 UTC https://padlet.com/dazjon4637/gdfmxsedqi9l/wish/351278447 49ers-a prospector who took part in the California gold rush of 1849. dazjon4637 https://padlet.com/dazjon4637/gdfmxsedqi9l/wish/351278946 2019-04-12 18:36:58 UTC https://padlet.com/dazjon4637/gdfmxsedqi9l/wish/351278946 Homestead Act-The Homestead Acts were several laws in the United States by which an applicant could acquire ownership of government land or the public domain, typically called a homestead. dazjon4637 https://padlet.com/dazjon4637/gdfmxsedqi9l/wish/351279466 2019-04-12 18:38:12 UTC https://padlet.com/dazjon4637/gdfmxsedqi9l/wish/351279466 extremist-a person who holds extreme or fanatical political or religious views, especially one who resorts to or advocates extreme action. dazjon4637 https://padlet.com/dazjon4637/gdfmxsedqi9l/wish/351279838 2019-04-12 18:39:04 UTC https://padlet.com/dazjon4637/gdfmxsedqi9l/wish/351279838 revolution-a fundamental and relatively sudden change in political power and political organization which occurs when the population revolts against the government. dazjon4637 https://padlet.com/dazjon4637/gdfmxsedqi9l/wish/351280307 2019-04-12 18:40:12 UTC https://padlet.com/dazjon4637/gdfmxsedqi9l/wish/351280307 Constitutionality-the quality of being in accordance with a political constitution. dazjon4637 https://padlet.com/dazjon4637/gdfmxsedqi9l/wish/351280754 2019-04-12 18:41:22 UTC https://padlet.com/dazjon4637/gdfmxsedqi9l/wish/351280754 secession-the action of withdrawing formally from membership of a federation or body, especially a political state. dazjon4637 https://padlet.com/dazjon4637/gdfmxsedqi9l/wish/351281166 2019-04-12 18:42:30 UTC https://padlet.com/dazjon4637/gdfmxsedqi9l/wish/351281166 territories-an area of land under the jurisdiction of a ruler or state dazjon4637 https://padlet.com/dazjon4637/gdfmxsedqi9l/wish/351281816 2019-04-12 18:43:50 UTC https://padlet.com/dazjon4637/gdfmxsedqi9l/wish/351281816 citizenship-Citizenship is the status of a person recognized under the custom or law as being a legal member of a sovereign state or belonging to a nation. dazjon4637 https://padlet.com/dazjon4637/gdfmxsedqi9l/wish/351282968 2019-04-12 18:47:04 UTC https://padlet.com/dazjon4637/gdfmxsedqi9l/wish/351282968