Vocabulary 6 Review Words

To move or cause something to be moved to a different place.

Payment for damages & sufferings.

To withdraw from a larger unit one belongs to.

An official count of the people living in an area.

A persn who is sent by one government to represent it in dealing with another government.

Free from outside control; self-governoring.

Referring to the decades before the Civil War.

To formally approve

A grant of free land issued to the head of a household during the Republic of Texas days.

A temporary end to fighting.

To obtain.

Focus on the interests of one's region.

The position that the federal govt should not interfer with states' constitutional powers.

A family home and its surrounding lands.

A local law or piece of legislation.

Elected in 1860 as the 16th president, was against slavery, president during the Civil War.

The belief that the U.S. should expand from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.

Land set aside for Native Americans.

Biased toward or favoring the interests of native-born American-citizens.

A statement passed by both Houses of Legislature that has the force of Law.