Us History unit 2 key terms and concepts

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  • Rural
    19

    Rural

    country side rather than a town
  • great plains
    1540

    great plains

    flat land surface
  • immigration

    immigration

    movement of people into a destination country of which are not native americans
  • Missionaries

    Missionaries

    religious group sent into an area to education,literacy,and social justice.
  • Industrialization

    Industrialization

    country or region
  • Naval station

    Naval station

    is a navy base or military port is a military base.
  • Assimilation

    Assimilation

    individual groups or dominant culture of a society
  • Urbanization

    Urbanization

    increasing percentage of a population lives in cities and suburbs
  • Monroe Doctrine

    Monroe Doctrine

    united states policy of opposing european colonialsm in the americans beginning
  • Alfred T. mahan

    Alfred T. mahan

    was a united states naval officer and historian.
  • Sanford B.cole

    Sanford B.cole

    a lawyer in hawaiian islands and republic teritorry
  • Henry Cabot Lodge

    Henry Cabot Lodge

    was a republican congress man and historian from massachusetts .
  • Theodore(teddy)Roosevelt

    Theodore(teddy)Roosevelt

    americian statesman and a writer who served 26th president
  • Homestead act of 1862

    Homestead act of 1862

    laws in us by which appilcant could acquire ownership of government land or the public domain.
  • homesteader

    homesteader

    is a craft worker for house hold use or sale.
  • Civil War amendments (13,14,15)

    Civil War amendments (13,14,15)

    13th: abolishes slavery 14: makes former slaves citzenns 15:all men have the right to vote
  • Transcontinental Railroad

    Transcontinental Railroad

    1869 and 1863 that connected the existing eastern U.s. rail network at Omaha.
  • Imperalism

    Imperalism

    involves a nation extending its power and land or purchase.
  • Chinese Exclusion Act

    Chinese Exclusion Act

    federal law that was signed by president chester.
  • closing of the western frointer

    closing of the western frointer

    after oklahoma land rush the director of the us census bureau announced that the frointer was closed.
  • yellow journalism

    yellow journalism

    american terms in news papers that present little or no legitmate
  • Klondike Gold Rush

    Klondike Gold Rush

    migration by an estimated 100,000 to prospectors to the klondike gold rush region.
  • Acquisitions

    Acquisitions

    this means ownership of companies other business organizations. but the spanish american war was an important turning point in history of both anatgonists .
  • Spanish American War

    Spanish American War

    spanish war was faught between the united states and spain in 1898.
  • Americanzation

    Americanzation

    business have on other countries such as media, technology and more...
  • Urban

    Urban

    city or town