US history Unit 2 Key Terms and Concepts

  • Immigration

    Immigration
    the action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country.
    (date)From 1700 to 1775 between 400-500,000 immigrated. Only 45,000 English supposedly immigrated in the period 1701 to 1775
  • Assimilation

    Assimilation
    An effort by the United States to transform Native American culture to European in 1790 through 1920
  • Urbanization

    Urbanization
    the process of making an area more urban.
    (date) 1790, 95 percent of the population lived in the countryside.
  • industrialization

    industrialization
    the development of industries in a country or region on a wide scale.
    (Date)The industrial growth that began in the United States in the early 1800's continued steadily up to and through the American Civil War
  • Period: to

    Civil war amendments 13 14 15

    13- Banneds Slavery in all states
    14- Grants citizenship to people born in the United states
    15 - Grants all americans in any race to vote 13th amendment was ratifed in december 6th 1865
    14th amendment was ratifed in july 9th 1868
    15th amendment was ratifed in february 3rd 1870
  • Americanization

    Americanization
    the action of making a person or thing American in character or nationality. (Important date) in 1910 there was Americanization Movement that brought millions of immigrants into the American System
  • Rural

    Rural
    rural areas such as villages and hamlets
    ( date )Since the 1930s, rural America has largely been for the Republican Party.
  • Urban

    Urban
    a city or town.
    (date)in 1960, towns and cities began to flourish in Britain