CHAPTER 4 NM HISTORY EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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Criollos
Spaniards born in the New World
Peninsulares
born in Spain and held the highest social rank
Castas
Mixed Race
mestizo/a
Spaniard + Native American
annex
(v.) To add to, attach: to incorporate;(n.) An attachment or addition
Manifest Destiny
United States was destined to rule the continent, from the Atlantic the Pacific.
Sectionalism
Loyalty to one's own region of the country, rather than to the nation as a whole
Slave Codes
Laws that controlled the lives of enslaved African Americans and denied them basic
rights.
Assimilation
the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
Criollos
Spaniards born in the New World
Peninsulares
born in Spain and held the highest social rank
Castas
Mixed Race
mestizo/a
Spaniard + Native American
annex
(v.) To add to, attach: to incorporate;(n.) An attachment or addition
Manifest Destiny
United States was destined to rule the continent, from the Atlantic the Pacific.
Sectionalism
Loyalty to one's own region of the country, rather than to the nation as a whole
Slave Codes
Laws that controlled the lives of enslaved African Americans and denied them basic
rights.
Assimilation
the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another
