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Assimilation
Assimilation is about fully understanding information or ideas. -
Urbanization
The process of making an area more urban. -
Monroe Doctrine
US policy of opposing European colonialism. The principle of the policy is that any intervention by external powers in the politics of the Americas is a potentially hostile act against the US. -
Industrialization
The development of industries in a country or region on a wide scale. -
Civil War Amendments (13,14,15)
13nd Amendment: Abolish slavery nationwide
14nd Amendment: Granted citizenship to all persons and provided all citizens equal protection under the laws.
15nd Amendment: Give ALL men the right to vote. -
Homestead Act of 1862
The Homestead Act encouraged Western migration by providing settlers 160 acres of public land. This was signed into law by president Abraham Lincoln. -
Homesteader
A lifestyle of self-sufficiency. -
Transcontinental Railroad
The first Transcontinental Railroad was a long railroad line that connected existing eastern U.S. rail network at Omaha, Nebraska, lowa with the Pacific coast at the Oakland Long Wharf on San Francisco bay. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
United States federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. -
Closing of the Western Frontier
The Census Bureau announced the end of the frontier, meaning there was no longer a discernible frontier line in the west. -
Klondike Gold Rush
A migration by an estimated 100,000 prospectors to the Klondike region of the Yukon in north-western Canada. -
Spanish-American War
War fought between the US and Spain. US declared war on Spain following the sinking of the Battleship Maine in Havana harbor. -
Immigration
People that are coming to a foreign country to live permanently. -
Rural and Urban
Human settlements are classified as rural or urban depending on the density of human-created structures. Urban areas include towns and cities, different from rural areas that include villages and hamlets. -
Great Plains
The first westward-bound pioneers bypassed the Great Plains. Until into the 19th century, the Great Plains were called the Great American Desert. -
Imperialism (Expansionism)
Project ulterior motives of a dominant nation. Imperialism is a policy of expanding a country's power. Expansionism is a policy of territorial or economic expansion. -
Americanization
Americanization is to make a person or thing American in character or nationality.
