Unit 2 Keyterms

  • Great Plains

    Great Plains

    Grassland prairie region in America.
  • Assimilation

    Assimilation

    To adapt to the culture of a group or nation.
  • Rural and Urban

    Rural and Urban

    Both the country and the city.
  • Homesteader

    Homesteader

    Someone go lives and grows crops on land that has been given by the government.
  • Imperialism

    Imperialism

    Nation extending its power through territorial acquisition or economic and political dominance.
  • Monroe Doctrine

    Monroe Doctrine

    Policy opposing European settlement in the Americas.
  • Homestead Act 1862

    Homestead Act 1862

    Law that allowed Americans to claim 160 acres of free land.
  • Transcontinental Railroad

    Transcontinental Railroad

    Train route across the United States.
  • Civil War Amendments(13,14,15)

    Civil War Amendments(13,14,15)

    Ensure equality to slaves.
  • Industrialization

    Industrialization

    Widespread of development of industries.
  • Urbanization

    Urbanization

    Increase in the population in cities and towns.
  • Immigration

    Immigration

    Going into a foreign country to live.
  • Chinese Exclusion Act

    Chinese Exclusion Act

    Prohibited all immigration of Chinese laborers.
  • Closing the Western Frontier

    Closing the Western Frontier

    There was no longer a frontier line in the west.
  • Yellow Journalism

    Yellow Journalism

    Journalism based upon exaggeration.
  • Klondike Gold Rush

    Klondike Gold Rush

    Rush of thousands of people toward the Klondike gold mining district.
  • Spanish-American War

    Spanish-American War

    Battle between Spain and the U.S.
  • Americanization

    Americanization

    Making someone or something American.