West
TERM
Exploration
Vast
Territorial Expansion
Independent Republic
Migration
Economic Opportunity
Availability
Canal
Industrialization
New Technologies
Cultivate
Cotton Gin
Reaper
Productivity
DEFINITION
To travel for the purpose of
discovery
Huge; usually great in size or amount
The act of increasing the size of a
geographical area, district or region
Democracy or political system in
which the power lies in a body of
citizens who can elect people to
represent them and is not controlled
by outside forces
The movement of people from one
country or region to another and
settle there
A money-related profit or progress
due to a good combination of
circumstances
Being at hand when needed; can get
easily
A man-made inland waterway built
to connect one body of water with
another for water traffic
Development of the factory system
Using new science ideas to improve
business or industry
To turn or plow soil in preparation
for planting; to grow plants
Eli Whitney’s machine that quickly
and effectively removed seeds from
cotton fibers
A farm machine that cuts and gathers
a food crop from the fields
The amount of work produced in a
given period of time