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Naval Station
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Missionaries
After the Civil War, African-American slaves targets of home missions. -
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Industrialization
Industrialization is when you transform from farming or agriculture to manufacturing items and goods. It is basically changing an economy or upping it, from man labor to machine based labor. -
Monroe Doctrine
It worked as a stay away agreement between Europe and the United States and gave us a bit of control over them. It kept them out of the Western Hemisphere. -
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Alfred T. Mahan
He was known for his naval power, he influenced sea power towards France. -
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Sanford B. Dole
He was an attorney in Hawaii and was against American taking control of Hawaii. -
Great Plains
This was known as the divider between the Native Americans and Americans. It caused commotion between the two because they both wanted to claim the great plains along with the Mississipi river. -
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Henry Cabot Lodge
He was a Republican Congressman who attempted to protect voting rights of African Americans. -
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Theodore Roosevelt
He became president and pushed for expansion by force. -
Homesteader
It is a lifestyle, basically meaning that you were characterized this if you were a farmer or built your way up. -
Homestead Act of 1862
It was made to help with settling in the west and stated that the government would give settlers 160 acres of land in return of small fee's that would be paid for about 5 years until they were determined to be official residents. -
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Civil War Amendments (13,14,15)
The thirteenth amendment abolished slavery, the fourteenth amendment established basic rights and citizenship to African Americans, and the fifteenth amendment gave African American men the right to vote. -
Transcontinental Railroad
It was a railroad created to connect the East to the West, it was made to make it easier to travel westward. It started from the Union Pacific to the Central Pacific. -
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Imperialism
The extension of our power through military force. -
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Urbanization
Urbanization is when there is an increased percent f population that ends up living in cities and suburbs. -
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Immigration
Immigration was the act of people reaching another country they are not native too and are there to settle and establish things, usually don't posses citizenship yet -
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Rural and Urban
Urban living was more in the city, where there is less open land in between buildings and establishments. This area was usually where you would go to sell or purchase things. Rural living was more in the open land, where you would do things like farming and raising cattle. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
It prevented the immigration of Chinese people. Due to so many of them migrating here caused a decrease in worker wages and it was harder for Americans to get jobs. -
Closing of the Western Frontier
By this point in time, the land in the West had been settled, people began their lives and railroads had been built. -
Klondike Gold Rush
A migration of almost 100,000 people to Klondike region in Canada in hopes of striking it big and discovering gold. -
Yellow Journalism
A newspaper that exaggerated news such as wars and incidents to sell more copies and to ignite a war. -
Acquisitions
The Treaty of Paris is what ended the war. From that, we gained Guam, Peurto Rico, and The Philippines -
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Spanish-American War
It was caused after Spain exploded the USS Maine, and created tension between the two countries. -
Americanization
It was the action of making someone's nationality American. It also controlled the number of immigrants that came to the United States.
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Assimilation
A process of where you have to adjust or adapt to another nation's culture. This term was used for new immigrants who came to America when they had to change to fit our culture.