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immigration
It started as the movement of people to the United States starting with the first European settlements. -
Assimilaton
It was the cultural assimilation of Native Americans as an effort to make transform Native American culture to European culture. -
urbanization
Over the last two centuries, the United States of America has been transformed from a mainly rural agricultural nation into an urbanized industrial one. -
industrialization
an economy is transformed from primarily agricultural to one based on the manufacturing of goods. -
Homestead act of 1862
The Homestead Acts were several laws in the United States by which an person could own a big piece of land if they migrated west It was signed by Abraham Lincoln. -
Homesteader
These were people who claimed land on the great plains when the migrated west under the Homestead Act. -
Great plains
A region of land that extended from Alberta of Canada all the way south of Texas. -
civil war amendments 13, 14, 15
13- this amendment abolished slavery made in December 6, 1865
14- this amendment guaranteed basic rights and citizenship to African Americans. made in July 9, 1868
15- this amendment gave the right to vote to African American men. made in February 3, 1870 -
closing of the western frontier
When the U.S. Census Bureau had announced the disappearance of a contiguous frontier line. Turner took this "closing of the frontier" as an opportunity to reflect upon the influence it had exercised. He argued that the frontier had meant that every American generation returned "to primitive conditions on a continually advancing frontier line." -
rural and urban
Urban was defined as all territory, persons, and housing units within an incorporated area that met the population threshold. Rural was defined as all territory, persons, and housing units not defined as urban. -
americanization
During the early 20th century a lot of immigrants were coming to the United states. They wanted to make the foreigners American, and they used programs and schools to help.
