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Missionaries
A missionary is a member of a religious group sent into an area to proselytize or perform ministries of service, such as education, literacy, social justice, health care, and economic development -
Industrialization
industrialization is the period of social and economic change that transforms a human group from an agrarian society into an industrial society -
Rural and Urban
The life in urban areas is fast and complicated, whereas rural life is simple and relaxed. -
Monroe doctrine
The Monroe Doctrine was a United States policy of opposing European colonialism in the Americas. -
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Alfred T. Mahan
Alfred Thayer Mahan was a United States naval officer and historian, whom John Keegan called "the most important American strategist of the nineteenth century -
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Sanford B. Dole
Sanford Ballard Dole was a lawyer and jurist in the Hawaiian Islands as a kingdom, protectorate, republic and territory. A descendant of the American missionary community to Hawaii, Dole advocated the westernization of Hawaiian government and culture -
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Henry Cabot Lodge
Henry Cabot Lodge was an American Republican Congressman and historian from Massachusetts. A member of the prominent Lodge family, he received his PhD in history from Harvard University. -
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Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. was an American statesman and writer who served as the 26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909. He also served as the 25th Vice President of the United States from March to September 1901 and as the 33rd Governor of New York from 1899 to 1900 -
Homestead act of 1862
The homestead acts were several laws in the U.S by which an applicant could acquire ownership of government land or the public domain.And it encouraged Western migration by providing settlers 160 acres of public land. In exchange, homesteaders paid a small filing fee and were required to complete five years of continuous residence before receiving ownership of the land. -
Homesteader
a person who lives a lifestyle of self-sufficiencyIt is characterized by subsistence agriculture, home preservation of food, and may also involve the small scale production of textiles, clothing, and craftwork -
Civil war amendments 13,14,15
The 13,14 and 15th Amendments are collectively known as the Civil War Amendments, were designed to ensure equality for recently emancipated slaves. and -
Transcontinental railroad
The transcontinental railroad was a 1,912-mile continuous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 that connected the existing eastern U.S. rail network. -
Assimilation
- the process of taking in and fully understanding information or ideas.
- when a minority group or culture comes to resemble those of a dominant group.
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Imperialism
Imperialism is a policy that involves a nation extending its power by the acquisition of lands by purchase, diplomacy or military force. -
Immigration
the international movement of people into a destination country of which they are not natives or where they do not possess citizenship in order to settle or reside there. -
Chinese exclusion act
Chinese Exclusion Act was a United States federal law signed by President Chester A. Arthur excluding all immigration of Chinese laborers. -
"Closing of the western frontier"
Fredrick turner had closed the frontier after the Oklahoma land rush The census had shown that a frontier line. a point beyond which the population density was less than two persons per square mile no longer existed. -
Acquisitions
Mergers and acquisitions are transactions in which the ownership of companies, other business organizations, or their operating units are transferred or consolidated with other entities
By the Treaty of Paris ), Spain renounced all claim to Cuba, ceded Guam and Puerto Rico to the United States, and transferred sovereignty over the Philippines to the United States for $20 million. The Spanish-American War was an important turning point in the history of both antagonists -
Klondike gold rush
The Klondike Gold Rush was a migration by an estimated 100,000 prospectors to the Klondike region of the Yukon in north-western Canada looking for gold -
Yellow Journalismx
Yellow journalism and the yellow press are American terms for journalism and associated newspapers that present little or no legitimate well-researched news while instead using eye-catching headlines for increased sales. Techniques may include exaggerations of news events, scandal-mongering, or sensationalism -
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Spanish-american war
The Spanish–American War was fought between the United States and Spain in 1898. Hostilities began in the aftermath of the internal explosion of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor in Cuba, leading to U.S. intervention in the Cuban War of Independence. -
Americanization
In countries outside the United States of America, 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. -
Urbanization
the process of making an area more urban. and population shift from rural to urban residency, the gradual increase in the proportion of people living in urban areas. Also ways in which each society adapts to this change. -
Naval station
A naval base, navy base, or military port is a military base, where warships and naval ships are docked when they have no mission at sea or want to restock. Usually ships may also perform some minor repairs -
Great Plains
The Great Plains is the broad expanse of flat land, much of it covered in prairie, steppe, and grassland, that lies west of the Mississippi River.
