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Assimilation
When people of different ethics get absorbed into a dominant culture of society -
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Industrialization
Dependent of industry
Turning agrarian society into an idustrial society -
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Immigration
People moving to live permantly in a forgien country. -
Americanization
An immigrant who becoms a person who shares on American value, beliefs and customs -
Missonaries
People sent on religious missions
One person to promote Christianity in foreign countries. -
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Standford B. Dole
President of the Republic of Hawaii
First governer of the terriotry of Hawaii
Son of protestant missionaries from New England -
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Alfred T. Mahan
Published the Influence of Sea Power upon History Revolution
Revoultionary analysis of the importance of Naval power -
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Henry Cabot Lodge
American Republix congressman and historian
Oppostion to the lague of nations
Treaty of Versailles -
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Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt
26th President
Governor of New York before becoming US Vice President
Age 24 Became the youngest man to assume US Presidency -
Great Plains
The expanse of flat land (plain) civered in prairie, steppe, and grassland -
The Homestead Act
people could aquire ownership of Government land. -
Homesteader
A person/ holder of a homestead (property) -
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Civil War Amendments
13- Abolished Slavery
14-Forbid states to restrict basic rights of citizens/people
15- Granted African American men to have the rights to vote -
Transcontinental Railroad
Continouse railroad line that connected both Union and Pacific railroads toghter in Utah -
Imperialism
Extending the countrys power and influence through dipomancy or military force. -
Rural & Urban
R- Characteristics of the countryside
U- Characteristics of a city or a town -
Chinese Exclusion Act
Prohibited 10 years of immigration of chinese labourers into the US -
Closing the Western Frontier
No longer a discernible line in the west, nor and large tracts of land, get unbroken settlements -
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Yellow Journalism
Based on sensationalism and crude exaggeration
Style of news reporting
Helped push US and Spain into war in Cuba -
Klondike Gold Rush
A migration of prospector to the Klondike region due to people finding gold- hence the gold rush -
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Spanish-American War
The US traded goods with Cuba, they assisted on the protection of Citizens and business
Decleration when the US warship explosed and sank. -
Acquisitions
Objects bought or obtained
Guam, Puerto Rico, The Philipens -
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Naval Station
Military base where there are warships and naval ships that are docked
Ships usually perfome minor repairs. -
Urbanization
Population shift people living in more urban areas then rural areas
moved because of new employment.
