unit 2 key-terms

  • immigration

    immigration

    moving to a new country from another
  • industrialization

    industrialization

    the development of industries.
  • assimilation

    assimilation

    taking in new ideas
  • rural and urban

    rural and urban

    rural is living on the country side.
    urban is living in the city.
  • great plains

    great plains

    broad expanse of land
  • americanization

    americanization

    the influence of american culture on other countries
  • monroe doctrine

    monroe doctrine

    polocy of opposing european colonism
  • homesteader

    homesteader

    a life style of self sufficency
  • naval station

    naval station

    a navy base that holds war ships and other weapons
  • homestead act 1862

    homestead act 1862

    granted 160 acres for free if the land was improved after 5 years
  • trans continental railroad

    trans continental railroad

    first railroad across the us
  • 13,14,15th ammendments

    made to ensure equality for newly emmancipated slaves
  • imperialism

    imperialism

    policy of exstending power
  • missionaries

    missionaries

    tried to push themselves on indians
  • chinese exclusion  act

    chinese exclusion act

    prohibiting immigration of chinese laborers
  • klondike gold rush

    klondike gold rush

    immigration to the yukon in search of gold
  • closing of the western frontier

    closing of the western frontier

    after the last land rush the frontier closed
  • spanish american war

    spanish american war

    war between spain and the us
  • yellow journalism

    yellow journalism

    based on sensationalism
  • acquisitions

    acquisitions

    guam
    porter rico
    philipines
  • teddy roosevelt

    teddy roosevelt

    26th president of the united states
  • urbanization

    urbanization

    making an area more urban
  • alfred t mahan

    alfred t mahan

    a naval officer
  • standford b dole

    standford b dole

    a lawyer and jurist in the hawaiin islands
  • henry cabbot lodge

    henry cabbot lodge

    an american congressman and historian