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unit 2 key terms

  • immigration

    immigration

    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
  • industrialization

    industrialization

    the period of social and economic change that transforms a human group from an agrarian society into an industrial society (the development)
  • urbanization

    urbanization

    process where an increasing percentage of a population lives in cities and suburbs (becoming more like a city)
  • monroe doctrine

    monroe doctrine

    united states policy of opposing european colonialism in the beginning of america
  • homestead act of 1862

    homestead act of 1862

    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

    homesteader

    life style of self-sufficiency
  • civil war amendments (13,14,15)

    civil war amendments (13,14,15)

    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
  • transcontinental railroad

    transcontinental railroad

    connect the eastern U.S. at omaha
  • assimilation

    assimilation

    process in which a minority group or culture comes to resemble those of a dominate group
  • imperialism (expansionism)

    imperialism (expansionism)

    policy of extending and country's power and influence
  • great plains

    great plains

    broad expanse of flat land
  • chinese exclusion act

    chinese exclusion act

    United States federal law signed by President Chester A. Arthur prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers.
  • "closing of the western frontier"

    "closing of the western frontier"

    there where no longer any large tacks or land and unbroken by settlement
  • klondike gold rush

    klondike gold rush

    migration to the region of yukon
  • americanization

    americanization

    influence of american culture and business have on other countries.
  • rural and urban

    rural and urban

    what is not considered urban is considered rural, a rural area is a geographic area that is located outside of towns and cities.
  • spanish-american war

    spanish-american war

    u.s intervention of independence war that started with the uss maine