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Missionaries
After the civil War freedmen were target of home missions. Thought a direct extension of home missions which where the missionary movement became to be. These were members of a religious group send into an area to proselytize such as education, literacy, social justice, health care and economic development. -
Naval Station
The definition of Naval Station is a command ashore whose mission was to provide local support to local units of the operating forces. The navy took possession of all Unites States the reason for this is because they wanted useful locations and equipment for military use. This mostly happened during World War 1 because of the useful things they were taking from the Unites States. The Naval Station was the first branch of the Unites States armed forces for capacity. -
Urbanization
The process where an increasing percentage of population lives in cities and suburbs. This is linked to industrialization and modernization because people leave farms to work and live in cities A example for this would be rural communities grow and form into cities. In history the word "urbanization" would relate with the 19th century London and modern day Zhengzhou. -
Acquisitions
The Treaty Of Paris ended the Spanish-American War and later was signed. The Treaty included to transfer control to the Philippines from Spain to the United States. After the whole situation the Philippines declared war against the Unites States. Another acquisition was when the Unites States ended with the Treaty, Great Britain ceded the thirteen colonies to America. -
Immigration
Is the international movement of people into another country which are not natives nor have citizenship to settle to that specific country. Usually they travel for employment as a migrant worker or for family. A example for this word is a woman who moves from Mexico to United States. Meaning a person migrates to a country without papers. -
Monroe Doctrine
This was a United States policy of the opposing European colonialism in the Americas. The president who stated this was James Monroe during the seventh annual state of the Union Address to congress. Later on it was coined in the 1850. -
Alfred T. Mahan
This men was a lecturer in naval history and the president of the United States Naval War College. He published a book named "The Influence Of Sea Power" which many people read. He was famous because he was a commander of the sea which the Naval were included. He believed that naval supremacy could be a defense of multinational system of free trade. -
Sanford B Dole
He was a lawyer and a jurist in the Hawaiian Islands as a kingdom and protectorate. What makes him so important would be that he was the first president of the Republic of Hawaii. Not also was he president but the first governor of the Territory of Hawaii. Later on he overthrew Queen Liliuokalani and became head government. -
Henry Cabot Lodge
This men was an American Republican Congressman and also a historian form Massachusetts. Ge was a member of the prominent Lodge family. As education wise he received his phD in history from Harvard University. In the treaty it included to never join the League of Nations which is what he did. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
The Chinese exclusion act was the first law immigration into the United states. The ones who used this act were the ones on the West Coast because of wages and despised Chinese workers. Even though the Chinese passed the exclusion act for the workers their were still some concerns. At the end of the day this act was mostly composed for the Chinese and luckily now is permanently illegal. -
Homestead Act of 1862
This was enacted during the Civil War. It provided that any adult, citizen or to be intended citizen who had never borne arms to the U.S. Government could claim 160 acres of land. Meaning any individual could be given ownership of the land for free if that individual lived on the property for about 5 years. Which also would have to be improved by building a home and planting a crop. -
Homesteader
This is a dwelling with its land and building which is occupied by the owner as a home or a by a homestead which is recommended from the homestead law. It takes place from seizure or sale for debt. Also any dwelling with its land and buildings where a family can make its own home can acquire land under the homestead act. -
Transcontinental Railroad
The transcontinental railroad was built by the crossing the western of half of America. It was pieced together between the 1863 and 1869. To be exact it was 1,776 miles long and was built for the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the United States. It became history because it was connected by the rail for the first time. -
Civil War Amendments 13,14,15
The 13th civil war amendment is abolishes slavery and servitude except punishment for a crime.The 14th civil war amendment describes citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws. Lastly the 15th civil war amendment is African American men have the right to vote. These Amendments are being names as the ciivl war because they were created into the five years of the civil war. -
Imperialism(Expansionism)
It's a term that refers to the economic, military and cultural influence of the United States. While imperialism is expands a country's power and also diplomacy or military force expansionism is a policy of being territorial. The general ideal of imperialism is seeking to increase the size of war or politics to different countries. For example when Rome controlled the majority of Europe 2000 years ago would be a great example for imperialism(expansionism) -
Industrialization
It's the process which an economy is transformed from agricultural to one based manufacturing of goods. Is a manual labor is often replaced by mass production. An type of hand labour job which will increase the production of that certain job. A person or particular job that is by hand and those workers are helping the company increase money. -
Assimilation
The definition of this word is being absorbed into something, process of adapting or adjusting to the culture of a group or nation. A example of this word would be Native Americans assimilated by the United States to create culture European-American. Meaning of this example is that two countries combine religions and is created or used in one -
Closing Of The Western Frontier
A year after the Oklahoma Land Rush it was announced that the frontier was closed. To be exact the closing of the frontier was in the 1890s. The reason why it closed was because the frontier saw that there was no longer a frontier line in the west nor any tracts of land. This closing was the first time in history American was without a frontier. -
Klondike Gold Rush
The founders Skookum Jim Mason, Dawson Charlie and George Washington Carmack found gold in a tributary of the Klondike River. The exact place it was found was in Canada Yukon territory. Shockingly they had no idea they would activate the greatest gold rushes in history. Later on it led to the establishment of Dawson City. -
Yellow Journalism
These are terms define as newspapers which have well researched news and using well catching headlines. The reason for this cause is because the government wanted to increased sales and for them it didn't matter if it include exaggerating news, events, scandal or sensationalism. The ones who led the journalism was William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer. From Cuba reporters wrote stories to America. -
Spanish American War
Spain renounced all claim to Cuba which ceded Guam and Puerto Rico to the United States. Also their was a transfer sovereignty over the Philippines to the United States for $20 million. This all started off because the Unites States declared war on Spain. It later on led the sinking of the battleship Maine in Havana harbor. -
Theodore Rooselvelt
He was an American statesman and writer who served as the 26th president of the United States. When he entered politics he became the leader of the Republicans in New York's state legislature. Other then being a president he lead a group of volunteer cavalrymen, the rough riders in the Spanish American War. He got his nickname "Trustbuster" because of his anti trust prosecutions. -
Rural & Urban
The meaning of rural and urban is all territory, persons, and housing units met the population threshold. Rural is anything that includes everything outside an area. While urban is a growth of population. Both are considered to describe people but mostly places/areas. These words have been used in many definitions that there may not be a accurate response, they've changed the meaning multiple times. -
Americanization
The definition of this word is the action of making a person American in character or nationality. Meaning instructions of foreigners in English and in U.S. history government and culture. A example for this would be two popular food industries growing around the world. -
Great Plains
The great plains are railroads who were largely responsible for the development after the civil war. There was a initial wave of settlement that was followed by emigration in time of the drought. Instead of Great Plains it was was the Great American Desert. Also it was the first westward bound pioneers
