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Immigration
The action of going to live permanently in a foreign country. -
Assimilation
The process of taking-in and fully understanding information -
Industralism
The developments of industries in a country or region on a wide scale -
Rural and Urban
Region located on the outskirts vs settlements of people -
Acquisition
Asset or object bought or obtained -
Naval Station
When warships and naval ships are docked when they have n o mission or want to refuel/stock -
Monroe Doctrine
U.S policy of opposing European colonialism in the Americas -
Imperialism
Policyy of extending a country's power and influence through delicacy or military force. -
Missionary
Member of religious group set into an somthin' to perform ministries o f service. -
Henry Cabot Lodge
American Republican Congressmen and historian -
Alfred T. Mahan
U.S naval officer and historian -
Homestead Act of 1862
Encouraged Western migration, provided land for people and after five years of living on that land can they keep it -
Homesteader
Lifestyle of self-sufficiency -
Transcontinental Railroad
1 912 mile continuous railroad line -
"Civil War Amendments"
Amendments 13-15 abolished slavery, and gave African Americans rights. -
Sanford B Dole
Lawyer and jurist Hawaiian islands -
Chinese Exclusion Act
The law that prohibits all immigration of Chinese laborers -
'Closing of the Western Frontier'
Director of the U.S Cenous Bureau announced that the frontier was closed. -
Yellow Journalism
Journalism based on sensationalism and crude. exaggeration. -
Klondike Gold Rush
Migration of prospectors to north western Canada -
Spanish-American War
War between U.S and Spain over Cuba. -
Urbanization
The process of making a area more urban -
Theadore Teddy Roosevelt
Vice President to Monroe, and President after Monroe -
Americanization
The influence of American culture on countries outside the U.S.
Ex. McDonalds in China -
Great Plains
Broad expanse of flat land