Lesson 22 - Wars for Western Lands

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manifest destiny The idea that America should include all of the territory between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans treaties A formal agreement between two countries bison An animal native to North America with a large shoulder hump, wooly hair, and short, hooked horns animism The belief that spirits inhabit all plants, animals, and objects buffalo An animal native to Asia and Africa with no large hump, smooth hair, and heavy, long horns; in the US the terms “bison” and “buffalo” are both used to refer to the American Bison buffalo soldiers Term for the black troops of the US Army’s 9th and 10th cavalry and 24th and 25th infantry regiments great migration Movement of African Americans to northern cities around the time of World War 1 segregated Set apart from the rest or from each other; isolated or divided assimilation The process in which one culture adopts the traits of another culture guerrillas A soldier who fights independently but does not belong to a regular army desegregate To end a policy of forced separation of racial groups poachers Someone who hunts game animals illegally on protected grounds suppress To put down, end mutilate to mangle or cut up as to ruin reservation An area of land in the United States that is kept separate as a place for American Indians to live activism A doctrine of working toward or advocating political or social change allotment a piece of land deeded by the government malnutrition Lack of nutrition needed for proper health surplus More than the amount needed shingled To cut hair short at the nape of the neck exempt Not required to do something