cede - to give something up, especially land, cotton gin - a machine that separates cotton seeds from cotton fiber, fraud - an intentional deception for personal gain, especially for money, frontier - a region just beyond or at the edge of a settled area, gold rush - a large population influx caused by a search for gold in the area, headright system - a system for the distribution of land in which the head of a family received land for free, lottery - a process in which something is chosen at random, plantation - a large farm, usually in a warm climate, on which many workers, servants, or enslaved people live and work, public university - a university funded by the government with the goal of making education available to all, Trail of Tears - the forced movement of Cherokee Indians and other indigenous tribes from Georgia to Oklahoma in 1838, during which thousands died, treaty - a formal, written agreement between peoples or nations,

8th Grade Unit 5 SS8H4 Westward Expansion

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