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  international movement of people into a destination country of which they are not natives nor do they posses citizenship to settle or be a resident
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  the period of social and economic change that transforms a human group from an agrarian society into an industrial society (the development)
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  process where an increasing percentage of a population lives in cities and suburbs (becoming more like a city)
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  united states policy of opposing european colonialism in the beginning of america
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  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.
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  life style of self-sufficiency
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  13th - abolished and continues to prohibit slavery today
14th - all persons born or naturalized in the U.S. are american citizens (w/ african americans)
15th - prohibits each gov. in the U.S. from denying a citizen the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude - 
  
  connect the eastern U.S. at omaha
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  process in which a minority group or culture comes to resemble those of a dominate group
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  policy of extending and country's power and influence
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  broad expanse of flat land
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  United States federal law signed by President Chester A. Arthur prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers.
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  there where no longer any large tacks or land and unbroken by settlement
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  migration to the region of yukon
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  influence of american culture and business have on other countries.
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  what is not considered urban is considered rural, a rural area is a geographic area that is located outside of towns and cities.
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  u.s intervention of independence war that started with the uss maine