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Monroe Doctrine
US foreign policy enunciated by James Monroe, Declaring that Old World and New World had different systems and must remain distinct spheres, Monroe made 4 points: 1)US would not interfere in internal affairs or the wars between European powers 2)US recognized and wouldn't interfere with existing colonies and dependencies in Western Hemisphere 3)Western Hemisphere closed to future colonization 4) any attempt by European Power to oppress any nation in Western Hemisphere would be viewed as hostile -
Great Plains
In the early 1800's few people lived in the Great Plains. The Great Plains are in the middle of the United States. People did not think the land was good for farming, In the Great Plains, land was cheaper -
Homestead Act of 1862
Homestead Act encouraged Western migration by providing settlers 160 acres of public land. In exchange, homesteaders paid a small filing fee and were required to complete five years of continuous residence before receiving ownership of the land. -
Transcontinental Railroad
The first Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,912-mile continuous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 that connected the existing eastern U.S. rail network at Omaha, Nebraska/Council Bluffs, Iowa with the Pacific coast at the Oakland Long Wharf on San Fransisco Bay. -
Civil War Amendments (13, 14, 15)
The amendments were intended to restructure the United States from a country that was (in Abraham's words) "half slave and half free" to one which is the constitutionally guaranteed blessing of liberty" would be extended to the entire populace, including the former slaves and their descendants. -
Industrialization
The period of social and economic change that transforms a human group from an agrarian society into an industrial society. -
Assimilation
The process where individuals or groups of different ethnic heritage are absorbed into the dominant culture of society. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
A United States federal law signed by president Chester A. Arthur, prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. -
Rural & Urban
Rural: in, relating to, or characteristics of the countryside rather than the town. (ranch or barn)
Urban: in, relating to, or characteristics of a city or town. (Little Elm or Dallas) -
Imigration
International movement of people into a destination country of which they are not natives or where they do not possess citizenship in order to settle or reside there -
Klondike Gold Rush
Yukon-area Indians Skookum Jim Mason and Tagish Charlie, along with Seattleite George Carmack found gold in Rabbit Creek, near Dawson, in the Yukon region of Canada. Migration of about 100,000 prospectors. -
Spanish-American War
The Spanish-American War was an 1898 conflict between the United States and Spain that ended Spanish colonial rule in the Americas and resulted in the U.S. acquisition of territories in the western Pacific and Latin America. -
Yellow Journalism
An American term for journalism and associated newspapers that present little or no legitimate well-researched news while instead of using eye-catching headlines for increased sales. Techniques may include exaggerations of news events, scandal-mongering, or sensationalism. -
Americanization
Was a movement during the 1910's to bring millions of immigrants into the American culture system. -
Urbanization
Refers to the population shift from rural to urban residency.
