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Monroe Doctrine
This was put in place for if that any foreign country was to attack anything protected by the US it was a threat to the US. -
Americanization
This movement was introduced to get people to America to make America bigger. This movement brought millons of immigrants to the us. -
Homestead act of 1862
This act were several laws that gave people ownership of their own public or government land. It was an expression of free soil. -
Homesteader
This is a lifestyle of self sufficiency. You are a usually a farmer and you farm for yourself and your family. -
Civil war Amendments (13, 14, 15)
These amendments ensure equality for emancipated slaves. The 13th amendment banned slavery entirely. -
Transcontinental Railroad
This railroad was almost 2,000 miles. This railroad was built to connect the us and make it whole. -
Industrilization
This is the industrial growth in the united states. This carried through the civil war. -
Urbanization
This is the increase in population in the US. This process is often linked to industrialization. -
Immigration
Immigration is the international movement of people. The immigration in this time is linked to industrialization. -
Imperialism
This is an extension of power of a country through diplomacy or military forces. -
Great Plains
This is a very big flat grass land. This was usually made into farm land. -
Naval station
Where all the ships are placed to prep for war. -
Missionaries
A person sent on a mission for the government -
Assimilation
This is just like or the equivalent to Americanization. This is the welcome of immigrants to the US. -
Rural and Urban
Rural areas are like farms lands or big areas of land with very little people. Urban areas are areas of land that are densely populated -
Chinese Exclusion Act
This act pretty much banned all Chinese people from the us. This also helped that if you were born in the us you got to stay. -
Yellow Journalism
This a very illegitimate newspaper. This is usually propaganda and tells a lie. -
"Closing of the western frontier"
The 1890 census showed that there was no more frontier line anymore. This caused for the close of the western frontier. -
Klondike Goldrush
These people found gold by a river. They didn't know that it would be one of the biggest gold rushes ever. -
Spanish-American War
This was a war between the US and Spain. The war started when the US intervened with Cuba that was under Spains rule. -
Acquisitions
These are places that the US got as a piece of land. -
Alfred T. Mahan
He was the most important American strategist of the 19th centery -
Teddy Roosevelt
He was the 26th president of the untied states. He also was a navy man. -
Henry Cabot Lodge
He is an American republican congressman. -
Sanford B Dole
Dole advocated westernization to Hawaii.
