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Industrialization
A large scale of developed industries. Converting to a large socioeconomic order. Developed industries become more sufficient. -
Imperialism (Expansionism)
Making the countries power stronger by force. England, Spain, France, the Netherlands, and Portugal made many colonial empires and were known as Age of imperialism. Also known as colonialism.. -
Monroe Doctrine
President James Monroe developed this idea and passed it.It prevented Europeans from establishing land in the west. Basically they said if the Europeans left them alone and their land they would leave them alone. -
Homestead Act of 1862
Signed by president Abraham Lincoln to become a law. It gave American 160 acres of public land. They paid a small fee as well as 5 years of residence before owning the land. -
Homesteader
Lifestyle of self sufficiency or simple life. To go on government land and plant crops with the intent to own it. Thousands settled in the Western U.S on the prairies. -
Civil War Amendment 13
Lincon's emancipation proclimation made it where the rebellious states could no longer have slavery. At the end of the war in 1865 slavery had not been dismissed nationally. Senators Lyman Trumbull of Illinois, Charles Sumner of Massachusetts, and John Henderson of Missouri, sponsored the change for the abollination of slavey nationally. -
Alfred T. Mahan
He served in the navy for 40 years and fought in the civil war. He believed they needed more power on the us foreign policy. It meant for a strong Navy. -
Civil War Amendments 14
This Amendment passed the law providing all citizens to have equal rights. This extened the Bill of Rights for everyone. -
Transcontinental Railroad
It was a railroad that linked the U.S East to West. It cost $1000 to travel East to West. When the railroad was finished it dropped to $150. To make it easier the migrants traveled through the sea and were at risk of yellow fever and other diseases. -
Civil War Amendments 15
It granted African American men the right to vote regardless to the conditions you were in before. It was made a law by president lyndon b. johnson. Could also be elected into public office. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
The U.S prevented anyone that looked Chinese to not enter the U.S. That included only visiting. You had to be born in the U.S to be allowed back in. It started when two men were fighting over a women and soon turned into Chinese fighting Europeans and had 25 casualties of Chinese people. -
Henry Cabot Lodge
Was an American Republican Congressman. He got the first ph.D in political science awarded by Harvard university. He also served at the first Senate majority leader. He worked with foreign policies and the battle with president Woodrow Wilson over the Treaty of Versailles. He made peace negotiations during WW1. -
Closing of the Western Frontier
After the Oklahoma land rush it was announced it was the closing. When the population which two people per square mile no longer existed. When the Europeans first settled on the Atlantic Coast and Western frontier. -
Yellow Journalism
Had no substantial evidence to the allegations they were giving. It was the headlines that caught peoples attention and what made the newspapers sell. The so called facts about are what helped push the U.S and Spain Into war. -
Klondike Gold RUsh
Around 100,000 people migrated to Klondike River and happened to find gold. In the processes setting of the biggest Gold Rush in the world. The ships in Seattle and Pacific port cities went North to get more Gold that hadn't been taken up. -
Spanish- American War
It was a fight between Spain and the U.S it started because of the mysterious explosion of USS Maine in Havana Harbor in Cuba. The main had come to protect Americans while Cuba was trying to get independence from Spain. It ended due to the signing of the Treaty of Paris. -
Theodore Roosevelt
The battle at San Juan Hill in Cuba he led the rough riders into it; which was known for being the most famous turning point American victory in Spanish war. He broke up the monopolies and was later called "The trust Buster." He was a well known hero. -
Acquisitions
It relates to when The Treaty of Paris that ended the Spanish–American War was signed. The Philippines were in control from Spain to now the U.S. We gained Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines as territories. Cuba gained independence but we still interfered in their politics. It's when someone takes control of a target company. The gaining of a possession. -
Americanization
How the U.S affects the immigrants to technology to food to beliefs. Its how what we do has spread throughout the world. It was to bring more people into the U.S. -
Urbanization
An increase of cities and towns. To get manufacturing jobs because agriculture jobs became less common. I was during the industrial revolution. -
Great Plains
Flat land covered in prairie. Also called Great American dessert. located North to south in the U.S.It was the migration of buffalo. -
Immigration
Between 1910 and 1920 the U.S reached the peak of immigration being over 2 million. The Americans felt that the immigrants weren't transitioning to the Americans way of life so they limited the immigration between 1921 and 1924. The immigrants wanted greater economic opportunity. -
Naval station
Its a port where naval ships and warships can dock. Either to fuel up, for rest or to fix up the ship. It was the largest naval complex in the world. -
Sanford B. Dole
He was the first republic of Hawaii and first Governor of territory in Hawaii. When the overthrow of the monarchy happened the queen Liliuokalani was imprisoned and he took over. -
Rural and Urban
Rural-Not very many people and few town. More on the country side. Everything is really close to one another.
Urban- Homes, towns, businesses are spread out. Lots of people in one area. New advances always coming. -
Assimilation
How people of different heritages take on the basic habits of embracing a new culture. We wanted immigrants to understand our history, follow our laws, and learn English. Greater Assimilation helped society with health, education and social ways.
