-
Monroe Doctrine
The Monroe Doctrine was a United States policy of opposing European colonialism in the Americas beginning in 1823. It stated that further efforts by European nations to take control of any independent state in North or South America would be viewed as "the manifestation of an unfriendly disposition toward the United States." -
urbanization
The migration of people from rural areas and villages into high-population-density cities, and the associated growth of these cities and the transformation of their physical, social and economic environment. An increasing concentration of the population in cites and a transformation of land use to an urban pattern of organization -
industrialization
The growth of manufacturing activity in an economy or a region. Usually industrialization is accompanied by a decrease in the munger of subsistence farmers in a country or region as they leave the agricultural sector in favor of manufacturing jobs. -
Closing of the Western Frontier
Most Americans considered the Great Plains the “Great American Desert.” Settlement west of Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, and Lousiana averaged just 1 person per square mile. -
homestead act
A person's or family's residence, which comprises the land, house, and outbuildings, and in most states is exempt from forced sale for collection of debt. -
homesteader
The 1862 Homestead Act was the first act passed by the US Government to help the homesteaders to settle on the Great Plains. However speculators were claiming vast areas of land and then trying to sell the land to potential homesteaders. -
Civil war Amendment 13,14,15
13 abolishment slavery
14 Makes former slaves citizens of the U.S, All people born in the U.S(except Indians or visitors)are citizens
15 Gives all men the right to vote, regarding of race, color, or previous condition of servitude -
Transcontinental Railroads
A transcontinental railroad is a contiguous network of railroad trackage that crosses a continental land mass with terminals at different oceans or continental borders. -
Imperialism (expansionism)
A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force. Rule by an emperor. -
Great Plains
The central Great Plains were called the Great American Desert. The first westward-bound pioneers bypassed the Great Plains. The railroads were largely responsible for their development after the Civil War. An initial wave of settlement was followed by emigration in times of drought. -
Americanization
Americanization the action of making a thing or a person an American in character or nationality. Americanization constituted a Nativist movement dedicated to erasing the original cultures, and especially the languages. Ex: Clothing, food, music, language, media, technology. -
Assimilation
To become more similar to a larger whole; especially, to blend into or adjust to a main culture. When the individuals adapts aspects of the characteristics of a dominant culture. The result of culture imperialism or forced assimilation but it can be and often is voluntary. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
The Chinese Exclusion Act was a United States federal law signed by President Chester A. Arthur prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. For the first time, Federal law proscribed entry of an ethnic working group on the premise that it endangered the good order of certain localities. -
Alfred T. Mahan
His book The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660–1783 (1890) won immediate recognition, especially in Europe, and with its successor, The Influence of Sea Power Upon the French Revolution and Empire, 1793–1812 (1892), made him world-famous and perhaps the most influential American author of the nineteenth century -
Klondike Gold Rush
Was a migration by an estimated 100,000 prospectors to the Klondike region of the Yukon in north-western Canada.Gold was discovered there by local miners on August 16, 1896, and, when news reached Seattle and San Francisco the following year. -
Sanford B. Dole
A descendant of the American missionary community to Hawaii, Dole advocated the westernization of Hawaiian government and culture. After the overthrow of the monarchy, he served as the President of the Republic of Hawaii until his government secured Hawaii's annexation by the United States. -
Spanish-American War
Was fought between the United States and Spain in 1898.Hostilities began in the aftermath of the internal explosion of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor in Cuba, leading to U.S. intervention in the Cuban War of Independence. -
Acquisitions
Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines (for which the United States compensated Spain $20 million, equivalent to $588 million in present-day terms), were ceded by Spain after the Spanish–American War in the 1898 Treaty of Paris. -
Yellow Journalism
Joseph Campbell describes yellow press newspapers as having daily multi-column front-page headlines covering a variety of topics, such as sports and scandal, using bold layouts (with large illustrations and perhaps color), heavy reliance on unnamed sources, and unabashed self-promotion. -
Theodore (teddy) Roosevelt
He also served as the 25th Vice President of the United States from March to September 1901 and as the 33rd Governor of New York from 1899 to 1900. As a leader of the Republican Party during this time, he became a driving force for the Progressive Era in the United States in the early 20th century. -
Immigration
Movement of people from one place to another. A person who comes to another country for the purpose of living there. -
naval station
The training ships were replaced by naval training stations such as St. Helena, officially known as Naval Training Station, Norfolk. St. Helena was established in 1908 on a site along the Elizabeth River, just opposite the navy yard. -
Henry cabot lodge
was an American Republican Congressman and historian from Massachusetts. A member of the prominent Lodge family, he received his PhD in history from Harvard University. He is best known for his positions on foreign policy, especially his battle with President Woodrow Wilson in 1919 over the Treaty of Versailles -
Rural & Urban
Urban a general term for towns, cities and suburban areas. Rural is poor, low literacy, low health care, little infrastructure available. Urban area is wealthier, high literacy, better health care. -
Missionaries
A missionary is a member of a religious group sent into an area to proselytize or perform ministries of service, such as education, literacy, social justice, health care, and economic development. The word "mission" originates from 1598 when the Jesuits sent members abroad, derived from the Latin mission.
