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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. -
Naval station
The United States Navy claims 13 October 1775 as the date of its official establishment, when the Second Continental Congress passed a resolution creating the Continental Navy. With the end of the American Revolutionary War, the Continental Navy was disbanded. -
industrialization
Is the period of social and economic change that transforms a human group from an agrarian society into an industrial society -
urbanization
The early United States was predominately rural. According to the 1790 census, 95 percent of the population lived in the countryside. The 5 percent of Americans living in urban areas.the process of making an area more urban. -
Civil War amendments (13,14,15)
Known collectively as the Civil War Amendments, were designed to ensure equality for recently emancipated slaves.
13th-outlawed slavery
14th-slaves are now American citizen
15th-slaves had the right to vote -
Monroe doctrine
The Monroe Doctrine was a United States policy of opposing European colonialism in the Americas beginning in 1823 -
Afled T.Mahan
40 years of service in the U.S. Navy is impressive on its own, his most significant impact on history comes from his theories on naval power, especially those explained in his first two books: The Influence of Sea Power upon History, -
Homestead act of 1862
encouraged Western migration by providing settlers 160 acres of public land. In exchange, homesteaders paid a small filing fee and were required to complete five years of continuous residence before receiving ownership of the land. -
transcontinental railroads
The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,912-mile continuous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 that connected the existing eastern U.S. rail -
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. ... The failure of that treaty ensured that the United States never joined the League of Nations. -
immigration
is the international movement of people into a destination country of which they are not natives or where they do not possess citizenship in order to settle or reside there, especially as permanent residents or naturalized citizens -
imperialism(expansionism)
A variety of factors converged during the "New Imperialism" of the late 19th century, when the United States and the other great powers rapidly expanded their overseas territorial possessions. -
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. -
Closing of the the Western Frontier
Census Bureau announced the end of the frontier, meaning there was no longer a discernible frontier line in the west, nor any large tracts of land yet unbroken by settlement. -
Klondike gold rush
The Klondike Gold Rush was 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
he 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. -
yellow jounarlism
cartoon about Spanish–American War of 1898. The newspaper publishers Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst are both attired as the Yellow Kid comics character of the time, and are competitively claiming ownership of the war. -
acquisitions
The treaty transferred control of the Philippines from Spain to the United States. This agreement was not recognized by the Philippine revolutionaries, who declared war against the United States on June 2, 1899. -
Sanford B.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 -
Theodore roosevelt
"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. -
Americanization
The United States dealt with a flood of immigrants during the early 20th century through the Americanization Movement a variety of programs and campaigns aimed at turning foreigners into Americans. -
americanization
The United States dealt with a flood of immigrants during the early 20th century through the Americanization Movement a variety of programs and campaigns aimed at turning foreigners -
rural and urban
urban morphology as cities, towns, conurbations or suburbs. In urbanism, the term contrasts to rural areas such as villages and hamlets -
assimilation
The cultural assimilation of Native Americans was an assimilation effort by the United States to transform Native American culture to European American culture -
assimilation
The cultural assimilation of Native Americans was an assimilation effort by the United States to transform Native American culture to European American culture -
homesteader
which it is possible for any citizen to obtain certain lands from the Federal Government for residence, recreation, or business purposes. -
great plains
The Great Plains extend from the Canadian provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, through w central USA to Texas.
