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missionaries
Someone who goes to other nations to spread and convert people to christianity. -
Urbanization
When rural communities grow to form cities, and expand even further afterwards. -
Industrialization
When agricultural societies become more industrialized and urban. -
Rural & Urban
Rural - In the middle of nowhere, where agriculture thrives and so does the wildlife.
Urban - Pretty much the exact opposite of what rural means, actually it's the complete opposite. -
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 tall grass prairie in the United States and east of the Rocky Mountains in the U.S. and Canada. -
Homesteader
The owner or holder of a homestead -
Homestead Act of 1862
Advanced the settlement of territory by granting the adult heads of families 160 acres for a mere $1.25 and five years of continuance -
"Civil War Amendments" 13,14,15
Also known as the reconstruction amendments, these amendments came immediately after the civil war,
13 - Abolish Slavery
14 - Slaves given citenzenship
15 - Freedom to vote -
Assimilation
When a group of people who are part of a different ethnicity or heritage are absorbed by the dominant culture of the society they are surrounded by. -
Transcontinental Railroad
Connected the East coast to the West coast, almost 2000 miles long. Construction started in 1863 -
Immigration
An international movement of foreign people to a country where they are not native to, either to settle down or reside there. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
Kept the Chinese from working or migrating to America. -
Closing of the western frontier
A year after the land rush, the census of 1890 showed that a point beyond which the population density was below 2 people per square mile no longer existed. -
Americanization
Basically when other countries use the culture, business tactics, cuisine, etc. of America in their own country.