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Industrialization
Is the process by which an economy is transformed from primarily agricultural to one based on the manufacturing of goods. -
Urbanization
The world is undergoing the largest wave of urban growth in history. More than half of the world’s population now lives in towns and cities, and by 2030 this number will swell to about 5 billion. -
Monroe Doctrine
the United States would not interfere in the internal affairs of or the wars between European powers. -
Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt
Born in New York City on October 27, 1858, Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt was governor of New York before becoming U.S. vice president. At age 42, Teddy Roosevelt became the youngest man to assume the U.S. presidency after President William McKinley was assassinated in 1901. -
Transcontinental Railroad
A train route across the United States, finished in 1869. -
Homestead Act of 1862
Signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln on May 20, 1862, the Homestead Act encouraged Western migration by providing settlers 160 acres of public land. -
Immigration
The action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
The Chinese Exclusion Act was a United States federal law signed by President Chester A. Arthur on May 6, 1882, prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. -
Spanish American War
The United States acquired Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines in the war and gained temporary control over Cuba. -
Imperialism (Expansionism)
Both expansionism and imperialism are interlinked and project ulterior motives of a dominant nation. -
Americanization Americanization
The action of making a person or thing American in character or nationality.
