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great plains
broad expanse of flat land, much of it covered in prairie, steppe, and grassland, that lies west of the Mississippi River tall grass prairie -
Assimilation
established Native American boarding schools which children were required to attend -
missionaries
African-American slaves and, after the Civil War, freedmen, were another target of home missions.Within this context of activist Protestant expansionism and mission efforts within the U.S., and as a direct extension of these home missions, the American foreign missionary movement developed -
monroe doctrine
was a United States policy of opposing European colonialism in the Americas beginning in 1823 enunciated by Pres. James Monroe -
Alfred T. Mahan
Alfred Thayer Mahan was a United States naval officer and historian, whom John Keegan called "the most important American strategist of the nineteenth century. -
Sanford B Dole
Sanford Ballard Dole was a lawyer and jurist in the Hawaiian Islands as a kingdom, protectorate, republic and territory. A descendant of the American missionary community to Hawaii, Dole advocated the westernization of Hawaiian government and culture. -
Imperialism
American imperialism is a policy aimed at extending the political, economic, and cultural control of the United States government over areas beyond its boundaries -
Henry cabot lodge
Henry Cabot Lodge was an American Republican Congressman and historian from Massachusetts. A member of the prominent Lodge family, he received his PhD in history from Harvard University -
homestead act of 1862
several laws in the United States by which an applicant could acquire ownership of government land or the public domain -
Homesteader
homesteaders paid a small filing fee and were required to complete five years of continuous residence before receiving ownership of the land -
Civil War Amendments
The Reconstruction Amendments are the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth amendments to the United States Constitution were designed to ensure equality for recently emancipated slaves. -
transcontinental railroad
1,912-mile continuous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 that connected the existing eastern U.S. rail network at Omaha, Nebraska/Council Bluffs, Iowa with the Pacific coast at the Oakland Long Wharf on San Francisco Bay -
industrialization
The industrial growth that began in the United States in the early 1800's continued steadily up to and through the American Civil War -
Immigration
The United States experienced major waves of immigration during the colonial era, the first part of the 19th century -
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 -
Urbanization
due to the Industrial Revolution in the United States lots of people started living in cities -
closing of the western frontier
the population density was less than two persons per square mile, no longer existed -
Yellow Journalism
Yellow journalism and the yellow press are American terms for journalism and associated newspapers that present little or no legitimate well-researched news while instead using eye-catching headlines for increased sales -
Klondike Gold Rush
a migration by an estimated 100,000 prospectors to the Klondike region of the Yukon in north-western Canada between 1896 and 1899 -
Spanish American War
fought between the United States and Spain in 1898. Hostilities began in the aftermath of the internal explosion of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor in Cuba, leading to U.S. intervention in the Cuban War of Independence -
acquisitions
the Treaty of Paris which ended the Spanish–American War was signed. The treaty transferred control of the Philippines from Spain to the United States -
Naval station
The victorious Panamanians allowed the United States control of the Panama Canal Zone on 23 February 1904, for US$10 million -
Americanization
the influence American culture and business have on other countries -
Rural and urban
The Midwestern and Western United States became urban majority in the 1910s
