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immigration
the action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country. -
great plains
The Great Plains is the broad expanse of flat land, much of it covered in prairie, steppe, and grassland, that lies west of the Mississippi River tallgrass prairie in the United States and east of the Rocky Mountains in the U.S. and Canada -
industrialization
Industrialisation or industrialization is the period of social and economic change that transforms a human group from an agrarian society into an industrial society, involving the extensive re-organisation of an economy for the purpose of manufacturing. -
monroe doctrine
a united states policy that opposes european countries -
alfred t mahan
he was a united states naval officer. he was a historian. and americas most important staritgeist -
sanford b dole
lawer and jurusit in the hawian islands a decendant of the ameircan missionaire communtiy of hawwia -
missornaries
he was member of a religious group sent into an area to proselytize ministries of service, -
theodore roosevelt
he was an american statesmen writer. he was the 26th president he was also vice prisdent -
henry cabot lodge
american rebluiciman congressmen. histrorian from massachhtues.a member of promniet lodge familt -
homesteader
Homesteading is a lifestyle of self-sufficiency. It is characterized by subsistence agriculture, home preservation of food, and may also involve the small scale production of textiles, clothing, and craftwork for household use or sale. -
homestead act of 1862
The Homestead Acts were several laws in the United States by which an applicant could acquire ownership of government land or the public domain, typically called a "homestead.” -
transcontential rail road
a 2000 mile long rail road. that goes from coast to coast. -
13th 14th 15th amendment
The 13th Amendment banned slavery and all involuntary servitude, except in the case of punishment for a crime.
The 14th amendment addresses citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws and was proposed in response to issues related to former slaves following the American Civil War.
The 15th Amendment to the Constitution granted African American men the right to vote -
imperialism
a way of gaining power by taking other peoples land -
naval station
stations around the world where ships can safley fill up such as the uss marine -
Chinese exclusion act
a law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese people -
closing of the western frontier
Frederick Jackson Turner and the frontier. A year after the Oklahoma Land Rush, the director of the U.S. Census Bureau announced that the frontier was closed. The 1890 census had shown that a frontier line, a point beyond which the population density was less than two persons per square mile, no longer existed. -
assimilation
Cultural assimilation is the process in which a minority group or culture comes to resemble those of a dominant group. -
klondike gold rush
100000 prospectors in an immigration to klondoke region of the yukon -
spanish american war
a war fought between the americas and the spanish after the exlosion of the uss maine -
yellow journalism
the american term for newspapers with conflicts that are highly doubtable -
rural & urban
Urban areas are created through urbanization and are categorized by urban morphology as cities, towns, conurbations or suburbs. In urbanism, the term contrasts to rural areas such as villages and hamlets and in urban sociology or urban anthropology it contrasts with natural environment. -
americanization
In countries outside the United States of America, Americanization or Americanisation is the influence American culture and business have on other countries, such as their media, cuisine, business practices, popular culture, technology, or political techniques. The term has been used since at least 1907. -
urbanization
Urbanisation refers to the population shift from rural to urban residency, the gradual increase in the proportion of people living in urban areas, and the ways in which each society adapts to this change.
