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Unit 5a Vocabulary Notes

Word

Definition
the formal action of giving up
of rights, property, or territory
the states rights doctrine that
a state can refuse to recognize
or to enforce a federal law
passed by the United States
Congress
Supreme Court case which
gave Indians the right to
remain on their lands
joining an already existing
political unit or country
the act of gaining land through
treaties, force, or by purchase
practice of winning candidates
giving government jobs to
political backers
the belief that America was
destined to stretch from the
Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific
Ocean
anything that causes disgust
or hatred
established that 60,000
settlers were needed as well
as other requirements for
territories to become states

Keywords

the idea of spreading political

power to all people ensuring
majority rule