Unit 2 Key Terms

  • Great Plains
    Jan 1, 1540

    Great Plains

    The expansion of flat land
  • Industrialization

    Industrialization

    The growth of industries within a place
  • Monroe Doctrine

    Monroe Doctrine

    Any change in politics amongst the Americas will lead to nothing but hostility towards the U.S.
  • Alfred T. Mahan

    Alfred T. Mahan

    The most important American strategist of the 19th century
  • Sanford B. Dole

    Sanford B. Dole

    Lawyer and jurist as a republican
  • Henry Cabot Lodge

    Henry Cabot Lodge

    An American Republican Congressman and historian from Massachusetts
  • Missionaries

    Missionaries

    A person sent to promote Christianity in a foreign country
  • Homestead of 1862

    Homestead of 1862

    160 acres of federal land given to U.S. citizens
  • Homesteader

    Homesteader

    A person living a self sufficient lifestyle
  • Civil War Amendments

    Civil War Amendments

    Abolishing slaves to be equal with the rest of society
  • Klondike Gold Rush

    Klondike Gold Rush

    Migration by 10,000 people from Canada in search of the gold fields nearby the Klondike river
  • Transcontinental Railroad

    Transcontinental Railroad

    Union Pacific built from East, Central Pacific built from West and met in Utah.
  • Imperialism

    Imperialism

    Extending a country's power within its war force
  • Chinese Exclusion Act

    Chinese Exclusion Act

    First law that restricted any immigration
  • Closing of the Western Frontier

    Closing of the Western Frontier

    Oklahoma land rush being closed, preventing the density of population to no longer exist
  • Yellow Journalism

    Yellow Journalism

    Newspaper uses that attract readers and stir circulation
  • Spanish-American War

    Spanish-American War

    The U.S. fought for what they demanded for, which was control over Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philipines. But was mostly started over partial control over Cuba.
  • Acquisitions

    Acquisitions

    The U.S. acquiring Guam, Philipines, and Puerto Rico as territories
  • Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt

    Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt

    Led a group of volunteers for the Spanish-American war
  • Naval Station

    Naval Station

    A job given to apply local support of the operating forces
  • Immigration

    Immigration

    Moving to another place to live their permanently
  • Urbanization

    Urbanization

    making a place into a town or city
  • Rural & Urban

    Rural & Urban

    The country part of the town or the city
  • Americanization

    Americanization

    Making a person american
  • Assimilation

    Assimilation

    when you understand something to the fullest