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Immigration
When people not born inside a place move to said place to live. This can lead to many different people in the same area. -
Imperialism
A state policy, practice, or advocacy of extending power and dominion, especially by direct territorial acquisition or by gaining political and economic control of other areas. -
Missionaries
A missionary is a member of a religious group sent into an area to proselytize or perform ministries of service. -
Monroe Doctrine
The Monroe Doctrine was a United States policy of opposing European colonialism in the Americas beginning in 1823. -
Alfred T. Mahan
Alfred Thayer Mahan was a United States naval officer and historian -
Sanford B. Dole
Was a lawyer and jurist in the Hawaiian Islands as a kingdom, protectorate, republic and territory. -
Homesteader
A lifestyle of self-sufficiency. It is characterized by subsistence agriculture, home preservation of food -
Great Plains
The broad expanse of flat land, much of it covered in prairie, steppe, and grassland, that lies west of the Mississippi River -
Henry Cabot Lodge
He was an American Republican Congressman and historian from Massachusetts. -
Theodore Roosevelt
was an American statesman and writer who served as the 26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 -
Homestead act of 1862
Encouraged Western migration by providing settlers 160 acres of public land. -
Transcontinental Railroad
The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,912-mile continuous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 -
Civil War Amendments
Known as the reconstruction amendments, made in the five years following the civil war. -
Assimilation
When a smaller group is absorbed by a larger one. This most famously is done by cultural assimilation -
Industrialization
When a country has industry grow to become a vital part of the nation. With things like cars and cheap clothes becoming integrated into the society. -
Rural & Urban
Communities outside of a city, or out in the country. Smaller populations than the cities and less work. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
The United States federal law signed by President Chester A. Arthur on May 6, 1882, prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. -
Yellow Journalism
American terms for journalism and associated newspapers that present little or no legitimate well-researched news while instead using eye-catching headlines for increased sales. -
"Closing of the western front"
A year after the Oklahoma Land Rush, the director of the U.S. Census Bureau announced that the frontier was closed. -
Spanish-American War
Fought between the United States and Spain in 1898. Hostilities began in the aftermath of the internal explosion of the USS Maine -
Spanish-American War Acquisitions
Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines. -
Klondike Gold Rush
A migration by an estimated 100,000 prospectors to the Klondike region of the Yukon in north-western Canada between 1896 and 1899 -
Americanization
Other countries taking influence from America. From things like politics, culture, media, and more. -
Urbanization
The growing of cities in country. Usually lived in by immigrants and lower class workers. -
Naval Station
where warships and naval ships are docked when they have no mission at sea or want to restock.
