New Mexico History: Chapter 4 Vocab

annex - Answer-to add or join with assimilate - Answer-to absorb or conform to the customs and attitudes of a particular cultural group castas - Answer-people of mixed races in Spanish colonial society cede - Answer-to hand over criollo - Answer-in Spanish colonial society, a pureblooded Spaniard born in the Americas Manifest Destiny - Answer-the 19th century belief that it was the God-given right of the United States to own all the land from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean peninsulares - Answer-in Spanish colonial society, the offspring of Spaniards and Native Americans reservation - Answer-an area of land set aside by the United States government for Native Americans ricos - Answer-the upper class, or wealthy class in Spanish colonial society sectionalism - Answer-the belief that the needs of one's own region outweigh the needs of the nation slave codes - Answer-laws that defined slaves as the property of slave owners and which greatly limited black freedoms social class - Answer-an informal grouping of people based on common characteristics, such as wealth, education, culture, and sometimes race treason - Answer-the act of trying to overthrow one's government unstable - Answer-frequently changing