WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
WESTWARD EXPANSION
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Question
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Which word means “the adding of a territory or state to a country”?
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annexation
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ratification
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immigration
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federation
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -annexation, a formal act whereby a state proclaims its sovereignty over territory hitherto outside its domain.
Detailed explanation-2: -There are a few ways to add territory to a country, and one of them is to simply incorporate another country (or parts of another country) into your own. This is known as annexation, or the transfer of political sovereignty over a chunk of land to a new state.
Detailed explanation-3: -to take possession of an area of land or a country and add it to a larger area, usually by force: The United States annexed parts of Texas and New Mexico, which belonged to Mexico.
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