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Industrialization
Economic transformation from agriculture to manufacturing machines. -
Missionaries
A person or group sent by a church into an area to persuade and spread the teachings of the Christian religion. -
Rural and Urban Areas
A rural area is the countryside with villages and hamlets. An urban area is the human structure such as bridges, houses, and buildings, which is included in towns and cities. -
Great Plains
Flat land covered in grass lying west of the Mississippi river. -
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)
All three amendments that reconstructed assurance of equality for recent emancipated slaves. -
Imperialism (Expansionism)
A larger government growing stronger by taking over poorer or weaker countries with important resources. -
Immigration
The act or process of someone relocating permanently to a different or foreign country -
Chinese Exclusion Act
An act passed to suspend the Chinese labor immigration for 10 years. -
"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. -
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 -
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. -
Americanization
A person becoming American. The influence of American culture and business in other countries. -
Urbanization
The increasing population in urban areas rather than rural areas. -
Assimilation
A person or group resembling the language and culture of another group.
