unit 2 key terms

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    Urbanization

    The process of making an area more urban
  • 190

    immigration

    is the international movement of people into a destination country
  • industriazation

    The development of industries in country or region on a wide scale
  • homestead act of 1862

    was a law passed . by congress in1862 that granted 160 acres of federal land to any u.s citizen
  • Transcontinental Railroad

    A train route across the United states finished in1869 it was the project of two railroad companies
  • Spanish American War

    A war between Spain snd the united states fought in 1898
  • Americanization

    The action of making a person or thing American in character or nationality