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Missionaeries1
This is a person sent on a mission to showcase/promote their religion. They usually go to an under developed country to plant religion. smh -
Industrialization
The upbringing of an industry/region/state/city/town/country. United States is very industrialized -
Assimilation
The process of understanding/comprehending to a different culture. Many immigrants have assimilated(adapted) to an Americanized life. -
Rural & Urban
Rural areas are usually more country like and under developed. Urban areas would be like Little Elm, technically more city like and developed -
Homesteader
This term is a way of living, it's defined by someone who works in agriculture, craftwork or household chores. An individual who grows their own crops, land given by government. -
Naval Station
This station is where boats/ships would come to get extra help. It is almost like a gas station for ships. -
Monroe Doctorine
This was a policy where the Europeans and Americans agreed to stay out of each others business. The understood they are different systems and will not cross each other maliciously. -
Alfred T. Mahan
Alfred was a naval officer (the stop stations for ships to refill). He was named the most important American strategist of the nineteenth century. -
Sanford B. Dole
Dole was a lawyer in Honolulu, HI. Dole supported the westernization for Hawaii. -
Henry Cabot Lodge
He served in the US House of Representatives and Senate. He is best known for his positions of foreign policy. -
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt was the 26th president of the united states from 1901-1909. He lead the Rough Riders in the Spanish American War. -
Homestead Act of 1862
This act stated that anyone born on US soil was automatically a US Citizen. It also let any American try to buy 160 acres of federal land. -
Civil War Amendments (13,14,15)
These amendments were created to state equality for slaves. The 13th amendment abolished slavery. The 14th amendment guaranteed basic rights to African Americans. -
Transcontinental Railroad
Built by Irish tracklayers, the railroad created by hand at the gap of Sacramento and Omaha. It let Americans travel from east to west. -
Imperialism
When a powerful country extend their dominancy to other countries. The British had many colonies in North America. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
This act was a federal law signed by Chester Arthur banning all Chinese immigrants. This lasted for 10 years -
Closing of the Western Frontier
The closing of the western frontier tried to put the brakes on immigration. Obviously, it still went on. It also signified the end of the oil boom and gold fever. -
Great Plains
The great plains a broad region of land that lies west of the Mississippi River. It is mainly a prairie -like land with grassland. -
Klondike Gold Rush
This rush was a migration of hundreds of thousands in Northwestern Canada. These were gold miners. -
Spanish American Wr
Following the sinking of the USS Maine ship in the Havana harbor the war began. The US supported Cuba's, Puerto Rico's and the Philippine's independence from Spain. -
Yellow Journalism
The term means false or crudely exaggerated journalism. Yellow journalism started when a newspaper blamed Spain for the sinking of the USS Maine -
Acquisitions
The united states acquired Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines as territories. Acquisition is the act of taking/buying something. -
Americanization
The act of making a person or thing an American character or adaptation. Old Hollywood actress Natasha Nikolaevna was changed to "Natalie Wood". -
Urbanization
Increasing percentage of a population in an area. Growing like a city, bringing more people to live and work. -
Immigration
The act of permanently moving to a foreign country. Ex. A Brazilian woman moving to the United States. This has been going on for centuries.
