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Monroe Doctrine
A United States policy that began in 1823. This kept European colonialism in the Americas. President James Monroe did not want Europeans to colonize in America. -
Missionaries
Missionaries are members of religious groups. They volunteer to go around the world to spread God's word for many. They help with social injustices and anyone in need. My friend Orion is a missionary in Thailand! -
Homestead Act
In order to move forward with westward expansion we would need people to settle there. President Abraham Lincoln signed this enticing doctrine to lure people west. Settlers were promised 160 acres of public land with only a small fee price. The stipulation was you had to live there for five years. -
Homesteader
Owner of a share of property. They live on lawfully settled land. Their purpose is to acquire the land. -
Civil War Amendments
The 13th amendment abolished slavery, the 14th amendment guaranteed basic rights and citizenship to African Americans, and the 15th amendment to voting rights to African American men. The Civil War Amendments basically gave right to African Americans as a whole and made them equal. -
Industrialization
Development of industries on a large scale in a country or region. Like the type writer then eventually iphones -
Transcontinental Railroad
A network of railroad tracks that cross to continental land mass with endings at different oceans or continental borders. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
It was a US federal law signed by President Chester A. Arthur on May 6, 1882, prohibiting all immigration of Chinese people. The law made the Chinese banned from the US and they were alienated. -
Alfred T. Mahan
He was a US naval officer and historian, who was called "the most important American strategist of the nineteenth century." He fought in the Civil War and in 1886 he became president of Naval War College in Newport, RI. -
Closing of the Western Frontier
By 1893, the Census Bureau was able to claim that the entire western frontier was now occupied. Settlement west of Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, and Louisiana averaged just 1 person per square mile. -
Sanford B Dole
Sanford was a lawyer and jurist in the Hawaiian Islands as a kingdom, protectorate, republic and territory. Dole recommended the westernization of Hawaiian government and culture. Dole was the first and only president from 1894 to 1898. -
Yellow Journalism
An American term for presenting little or no legitimate well-researched news while using eye-catching headlines for increased sales. It emphasizes sensationalism over facts. In 1896, to boost sales of his New York Journal, Hearst hired away from Pulitzer, launching a fierce bidding war between the two publishers over the cartoonist. -
Klondike Gold Rush
It was a migration by an average of 100,000 prospectors to the Klondike region of the Yukon in north-western Canada between 1896 and 1899. Gold was discovered there by local miners on August 16, 1896. Some became wealthy, but the majority went in vain. -
SPANISH AMERICAN WAR
Is when the United States and Spain fought in 1898. The war began because of the internal explosion of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor in Cuba, leading to US intervention in the Cuban War of Independence. The main issue was Cubans trying to get their independence. As result Cuba gained independence and the United States gained Guam, Puerto Rico and the Philippines and became a power state. -
Theodore Roosevelt
He was an American writer who served as the 26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909. As a leader of the Republican Party, he became a driving force for the Progressive Era in the US in the early 20th century. His face is on Mount Rushmore, alongside George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Abraham Lincoln. -
Acquizitions
After the Spanish - American War United States acquired Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines as territories. They all controlled for a long period of time then we won them. -
Americanization
The American culture influence in other countries, such as media, cuisine, business practices, popular culture, etc. For example McDonalds originated in America but other countries began to make McDonalds as well. -
Naval Station
Where warships and naval ships are docked when they have no mission at sea or want to restock. Some naval bases are temporary homes to aircraft that usually stay on the ships but are being maintnenced while the ship is in port. -
Henry Cabot Lodge
An American Republican Congressman. He is known for his positions on foreign policy, especially his battle with President Woodrow Wilson in 1919 over the Treaty of Versailles. The failure of that treaty ensured that the US never joined the League of Nations. I have failed the US basically. -
Imperialism
It is a policy also known as expansionism that lets a nation extend its power by getting lands by purchase, diplomacy or military force. Imperialism is often considered morally reprehensible. The term is frequently in international propaganda to discredit an opponent’s foreign policy -
Assimilation
When an ethnic minority sacrifices their own culture to integrate into society. An example is when United States tried to transform Native American culture to white culture. -
Great Plains
A prairie region extending from Alberta and Saskatchewan and Manitoba in Canada south through the west central United States into Texas. We had western expansion here . -
Urbanization
Urbanization is both the increase in the percentage of a population that lives in cities and the increase in the size of those cities. An example is Africa slowly increasing their urban population. In 2000 the urban population reached nearly 38% then in 2015 it reached 45%. -
Rural and Urban
Urban areas are busy like cities and towns. Rural areas include villages and hamlets. Urban is loud, busy, hustle bustle factories and what not. Rural areas are more nitty gritty with nature. -
Immigration
When someone moves to another country is immigration. An example is the people from Mexico, Spain, Germany, etc. moving to the United States to make a better life for themselves.
