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missionaries
person set on a religious mission -
great plains
a large piece of land -
monroe doctrine
United States policy of opposing European colonialism in america -
Alfred T. Mahan
civil war naval officer -
Sanford B Dole
Lawyer in the Hawaiian islands -
Henry Cabot Lodge
senator in Massachusetts in 1871-1924 -
homesteader
lifestyle of self sufficiency that is based on agriculture, and home preservation of foodstuffs -
Homestead act of 1862
Enacted during the Civil War in 1862, provided that any adult citizen, or intended citizen, who had never borne arms against the U.S. government could claim 160 acres of surveyed government land. -
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Civil War Amendments
13th- banned slavery
14th- any body that was born in the U.S. is a citizen of the united states
15th- any race, gender, or person can vote for a party -
transcontinental railroad
railroad that allows us to travel across the country -
imperialism
expansion of countries by greater power -
Chinese exclusion act
the U.S. prohibiting Chinese immigration -
closing of the western frontier
settlers announcing that the western frontier is closed -
Klondike gold rush
migration of 100,000 prospectors in search of gold -
yellow journalism
journalism that contains extreme over exaggeration -
aquisations
puerto rico, guam, the phillipines, -
Spanish American War
a war between spain and america in the late 1800s for land -
teddy roosevelt
president of the united states from 1901-1909 -
Americanization
going through the legal process of becoming american -
Assimilation
processing ideas and information -
Industrialization
The U.S. making factories and creating economy -
Urbanization
The uprising of cities around the united states -
Immigration
Going through the legal process of becoming a U.S. citizen -
Rural and Urban
Urban- More building Rural- More land -
naval station
USS Wadleigh at Mare Island Naval Yard