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Missionaries
A missionary is a person sent on a religious mission. Since there was a large amount of missionaries during the 19th century, that century is called the Great Century. -
Monroe Doctrine
The Monroe Doctrine was a United States policy of opposing European colonialism in the Americas beginning in 1823. This was the first step in America's plan to become a major world power -
Closing of the Western Frontier
In 1860, most Americans considered the Great Plains the "The Great American Desert." Settlement west of Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, and Louisiana averaged just one person per square mile. -
Homestead Act of 1862
Signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln on May 20, 1862, the Homestead Act encouraged Western migration by providing settlers 160 acres of public land. In exchange, homesteaders paid a small filing fee and where required to complete five years of residence ownership -
Homesteader
someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to it. -
Assimilation
Is the process in which a minority group or culture comes to resemble those of a dominant group. For example when a Mexican learns about American culture and celebrates it. -
Civil War Amendment 14th
The Fourteenth Amendment addresses citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws and was proposed in response to issues related to former slaves following the American Civil War. -
Transcontinental Railroad
On this day in 1869, the presidents of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads meet in Promontory, Utah, and drive a ceremonial last spike into a rail line that connects their railroads. This made transcontinental railroad travel possible for the first time in U.S. history. -
Civil War Amendment 15th
The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
In 1882 the Chinese Exclusion Act was passed by the U.S.Congress and signed by President Chester A. Arthur. The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was the first significant law that restricted immigration into the United States of an ethnic working group. -
Alfred Thayer Mahan
He was the author of the influential "The influence of Sea Power upon History." It was a revolutionary analysis of the importance of naval power as a factor in the rise of the British Empire. His book gave rise to imperialism. -
Imperialism (Expansionism)
Literally meaning the domination by one country or people over another group of people. America decided to participate in imperialism for economic, political, and social growth. The idea was brought up in Alfred Thayer Mahan's book The influence of Sea Power upon History. -
Yellow Journalism
It is journalism that is based upon sensationalism and crude exaggeration. This was the type of writing that was used during the Spanish-American War. The term originated in the competition over the New York City newspaper market between major newspaper publishers Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst. -
Klondike Gold Rush
The Klondike Gold Rush, often called the Yukon Gold Rush, was a mass exodus of prospecting migrants from their hometowns to Canadian Yukon Territory and Alaska after gold was discovered there in 1896. The idea of striking it rich led over 100,000 people from all walks of life to abandon their homes and embark on an extended, life-threatening journey across treacherous, icy valleys and harrowing rocky terrain. -
Spanish-American War
This war was initiated by the explosion of the U.S.S Maine in Havana Harbor. Many thought Spain was responsible for the explosion and America declared war on Spain. Yellow journalism helped gather the public's approval of the war through exaggeration of events happening in Cuba. The war was ended with the signing of The Treaty of Paris. -
Sanford B. Dole
Sanford was president of the Republic of Hawaii and, after its annexation to the United States in 1898, first governor of the Territory of Hawaii. -
Spanish-American Acquisitions
The Philippine islands- purchased from Spain after a military victory
Puerto Rico- annexed from Spain after a military victory
Guam- annexed from Spain after a military victory -
Henry Cabot Lodge
Lodge served in both the U.S House of Representatives and Senate, and served as the first Senate majority leader. Cabot is most remembered for his opposition to the League of Nations and, thusly, The Treaty of Versailles. Lodge was a strong backer of U.S intervention in Cuba in 1898, arguing that it was the moral responsibility of the United States to do so. -
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore became the 26th president of the United States in 1901 after the assassination of former president William McKinley. He was elected for a second term in 1904. During Spanish-American War, Roosevelt was lieutenant colonel of the Rough Rider Regiment, which he led on a charge at the battle of San Juan. -
Americanization
In countries outside the United States of America, It is the influence of American culture or business in another country. This term was being used since the early 1900's when America was kicking off and starting to grow. -
Great Plains
the central Great Plains were called the Great American Desert. The first westward-bound pioneers bypassed the Great Plains. -
Industrialization
It is the development of industries in different countries or regions at a large scale globally. Example is when McDonald's goes worldwide with their business -
Urbanization
The process of turning a area or land urban. Grasslands, Prairies can be turned into Urban areas. -
Immigration
The action of a foreign citizen from another country to permanently live in another country. They can be from anywhere and move into a different country from theirs. -
Rural & Urban
Urban is referred to to the region or area which is densely populated possess the characteristics of the man-made surroundings. Rural is defined as a region located on the outskirts. It refers to a small settlement, which is outside the boundaries of a city. -
Civil War Amendment 13th
The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.
