• Assimilation

    Assimilation

    1790- 1920
    it's the process of adapting/adjusting to the culture of a group or nation
  • Missionaries

    a person from a religious group that performs religious rituals and informs others of the religion
  • Homesteader

    Homesteader

    LATE 1800'S
    person who claimed land on the Great Plains
  • Imperialism (Expansionism)

    Imperialism (Expansionism)

    when the U.S. economic/military influence was marked by international conflicts.
    -the use of military power to open new markets
  • Monroe Doctrine

    Monroe Doctrine

    Monroe Doctrine two major rules: 1) That the United States WILL NOT allow European countries to start new colonies and interfere with independent countries in the continents of North America or South America. 2) That the United States would not interfere with existing European colonies nor get involved with conflicts between European countries.
  • Great Plains

    Great Plains

    1862-1900's
    Where Americans who traveled crossed when going WestWard of the United States.
  • Homestead Act of 1862

    Homestead Act of 1862

    The president (Abraham Lincoln) offered 150 acres of FREE land to Americans who would Western frontier
  • Transcontinental Railroad

    Transcontinental Railroad

    a 1,912-mile railroad that connected the east to the west
  • Industrialization

    Industrialization

    1870-1916
    an economy goes to primarily agricultural to manufacturing
    (Ex: Farmer picks cotton >>> Machine picks cotton)
  • Civil War Amendements 13, 14, 15

    Civil War Amendements 13, 14, 15

    APPROVED IN 1870
    13th: abolished slavery 14th: it addressed that citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws was proposed in response to issues related to former slaves 15th: prohibits the government from denying U.S. citizens the right to vote based on race, color, or past servitude.
  • Immigrantion

    Immigrantion

    1800's- 1920's- PRESENT
    Where people from countries outside of a certain country move to that country without any citizenship.
    EX: People from Mexico moving to USA.
  • Chinese Exclusion Act

    Chinese Exclusion Act

    an act that prohibited all immigration of Chinese laborers
  • urban and rural

    urban - migration to the cities
    rural - an area outside a city that isn't populated
  • "Closing the Western Frontier"

    "Closing the Western Frontier"

    Americans have discovered the whole united states and was populated.
  • Alfred T Mahan

    Alfred T Mahan

    he encouraged the US to become strong in the area of battle in the waters; navy.
    - he made books called: Influence of Sea Power upon History, and The Influence of Sea Power upon the French
  • Yellow Journalism

    Yellow Journalism

    1895-1898
    It pushed the United States towards getting involved in that the Spanish American War.
  • Klondike Gold Rush

    Klondike Gold Rush

    when 100,000 people migration to the Klondike region of the Yukon in north-western Canada
  • US acquisitions

    US acquisitions

    The United States acquired Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines as territory from the Spanish American War.
  • Spanish American War

    Spanish American War

    United States declared war on Spain after the sinking of the Battleship Maine in Havana harbor.
  • Sanford B Dole

    1900-1903
    -first president of the Republic of Hawaii
    -first governor of the Territory of Hawaii after it was annexed by the United States.Jun 5, 2018
  • Theodore Roosevelt

    Theodore Roosevelt

    He created "The Foreign Policy"
    -"Big Stick Policy."
    - "speak softly and carry a big stick."
    Big Stick diplomacy is the policy of to carefully negotiation and support itself with the unspoken threat of a powerful military
  • Naval Station

    Naval Station

    a navy base owned by the United States Navy
  • Urbanization

    Urbanization

    1910-1920
    Many people of a population live in the same area; cities and suburbs
    EX: many people from texas moving to dallas, dallas grows with buildings and people
  • Americanization

    Americanization

    Americanization is the influence American culture has on the culture on other countries. EX: pop music, clothing, etc
  • Henry Cabot Lodge

    Henry Cabot Lodge

    Henry Cabot Lodge was a Republican who disagreed with the Versailles Treaty
    - He led a miniature movement between senators too make change happen to the League of Nations IF they voted in favor of the Treaty of Versailles