quick write 2/5

Expansionism - The method of expanding your countrys borders as much as you can. The US showed expansionsium by buying land around them. Louisiana purchase- A purchase made by thomas jefferson that nearly doubled the size of the United States. Included states up to texas. Manifest destiny- An idea made by the US that our country needs to spread coast to coast. Some even took it to expand over the entire continent. Secede- to leave the united states. The south seceeded during the American civil war. Segregation- The legal seperation of ethnicities. This was very common in the south even after the amendments were passed that gave african americans rights under law.