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Industrialization
Act of creating a more industrial environment.
New inventions are being made rapidly, including revolutionary machinery.
First Revolution was between mid-18th Century and early-19th Century.
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Civil War Amendments
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Cultural Assimilation (Americanization)
America took in more immigrants between 1880 and 1920. As time went on, those people became more and more like Americans. However this can happen at any time when immigrants more to America. -
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Immigration
The act of a number of individuals moving from one country to another. Immigration is individuals moving into a new country, emigration is individuals moving out of a country.
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Americanization
Act of turning other cultures into a more "American" culture.
Has occurred in plenty of countries even in the East, such as China, Russia, and the Koreas.
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Urbanization
Refers to the shift from rural to urban civilization.
Happens all the time when new things are being constantly improved on, and urban becomes rural, and rural becomes extremely rural.
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Rural and Urban
Defined by the number of people in the area. Any area of land with 1000 or more people in it, and has 500 or more people in the surrounding area, is considered Urban, below is Rural. In the 2000 census, there were 1371 Urban Areas and Urban Clusters with more than 10000 people in the USA.