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Urbanization
Urbanization is the process of making a place more urban. The urbanization of the United States has progressed throughout its entire history by the people moving there. -
Homestead Act of 1862
Several laws in the United States by which an applicant could acquire ownership of government land or the public domain, typically called a "homestead.” -
Assimilation
An effort by the United States to transform Native American culture into European American culture between the years 1790 and 1920. -
Industrialization
The period of social and economic change that transformed the
US into an industrial society. -
Immigration
Immigration is the action of going to live permanently in a foreign country. Between 1880 and 1920, a time of rapid industrialization and urbanization, America received more than 20 million immigrants. -
Spanish American War
The Spanish American War was fought between the United States and Spain in 1898. The United States declared war on Spain following the sinking of the Battleship Maine in Havana harbor. -
Rural & Urban
Rural is a characteristic of the countryside rather than the town.
Urban is the characteristic of a city or town. -
Americanization
Americanization is the influence American culture and business have on other countries, such as their media, cuisine, business practices, popular culture, technology, or political techniques.
