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missionaries
A person or group sent by a church into an area to persuade and spread the teachings of the Christian religion. -
great plains
Flat land covered in grass lying west of the Mississippi river. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
An act passed to suspend the Chinese labor immigration for 10 years. -
Monroe Doctrine
A foreign policy issued by President James Monroe proclaiming that the US would not tolerate intervention by European nations in the West. -
Alfred T. Mahan
Published The Influence of Sea Power upon History. It was a revolutionary analysis of the significance of naval power. Also, how it was a factor in the rise of the British Empire. -
Sanford B. Dole
He recommended westernization, or western culture and industry, in Hawaii. -
Henry Cabot Lodge
Wanted Germany crushed and charged with a harsh settlement. -
Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt
He increased the size of the Navy and declared American intervention throughout the West, which was the addition to the Monroe Doctrine, "The Roosevelt Corollary" -
Transcontinental Railroad
A railroad linking the east coast to the west coast. -
Homestead Act of 1862
It advanced the settlement of the western territory by granting families 160 acres of land for a small fee and 5 yrs. of continuous residency. -
Homesteader
A person who lives and grows crop on land given by the government. -
civil war amendments (13,14,15)
13th amendment abolish's slavery and involuintary servitude
14th amendment no states shall deny any person
15th amendment states that they cant deny no one right to vote -
Imperialism (Expansionism)
A larger government growing stronger by taking over poorer or weaker countries with important resources. -
"Closing of the Western Frontier"
The closure of the frontier put an end to immigration for awhile. It also ended the gold fever, oil boom, and the promise of riches resources offered. -
Yellow Journalism
Strategies of competition from two NY newspapers, The World and the Journal, to attract readers and increase movement. -
Klondike Gold Rush
Thousands of people rushing to Klondike River for the gold discovery. -
Naval Station
The US took the island of Hawaii along the "Open door" policy and made it apart of American territory. It is called the Pearl Harbor. -
Acquistions
Spain ceded Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines in the Treaty of Paris. -
Spanish American War
US wanted war against Spain because of the sinking of the Battleship Main in the Havana Harbor. It ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris -
urbanization
the process of making and agrictural area urban -
americanization
All around the world there is americanization which influence's all American culture ,business and technology in other countries. -
rural and urban
urban are independent communities that can stand on the on own
rural are have lower urban influence high remotes areas -
industrialization
is when a social and economic change. it transforms a human group from agrarian society into a industrial society. reorganization of the world with factories etc. -
Assimilation
this happens when a minority group comes and resemble those of a dominant group and try to take over. -
immigration
a person from another country who decides to move to the U.S.
