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Acquisitions
Guam: Acquired from Spain in the Treaty of Paris
Puerto Rico: Acquired from Spain in the Treaty of Paris
Philippines: Acquired from Spain in the Treaty of Paris
Alaska: Purchased from Russia for $7.2 million -
Missionaries
a person who has been sent to a place, usually a foreign country, to teach a religion to the people who live there. -
Homesteader
A homestead is a house, but a homesteader is someone who owns a homestead or lives on it. It's also a farmer who usually grows crops on a homestead. -
Monroe Doctrine
James Monroe declared that the Old World and New World had different systems and must remain distinct spheres. the United States recognized and would not interfere with existing colonies and dependencies in the Western Hemisphere, one of James Monroe's points -
Sanford B, Dole
He was the first president of the Republic of Hawaii, and first governor of the Territory of Hawaii. In January 1893 Dole agreed to serve as the leader of the committee, acting for Hawaiian sugar interests and their American allies, that was formed to overthrow Queen Liliuokalani and to seek annexation of Hawaii by the United States. -
Henry Cabot Lodge
He was a Republican U.S. senator for more than 31 years and he led the successful congressional opposition to his country’s participation in the League of Nations following World War I. He launched his political career in the state legislature then became elected to the U.S. Senate -
Theodore Roosevelt
He expanded the powers of the presidency and of the federal government in support of the public interest in conflicts between big business and labour (Big Stick) and steered the nation toward an active role in world politics, particularly in Europe and Asia. -
Homestead Act
This act would eventually result in the transfer of 270 million acres of public lands or 10 percent of the area of the United States to private individuals. It's recognized as one of the revolutionary concepts for disturbing land. -
Civil War Amendments " (13, 14, 15)
13th Amendment: Ratified on December 18,1865 and it made slavery illegal
14th Amendment: Ratified on July 28, 1868 and gave basic rights and citizenship to African Americans.
15th Amendment: Ratified on March 30, 1870 and guaranteed the right for African American men to vote. -
Transcontinental Railroad
The First Transcontinental Railroad was built in the 1860's linked with the railway network the East Coast. It was finished and opened on May 5, 1869. A good benefit of this was that it significantly cut down the travel times to destinations. -
Imperialism
Is a state policy, practice, or advocacy of extending power and dominion, especially by direct territorial acquisition or by gaining political and economic control of other areas.Because it always involves the use of power, -
Industrialization
Process of converting to a socioeconomic order in which industry is dominant. It introduced of manufacturing, advancing enterprises into an area, society, and country. -
Urbanization
When large numbers of people become permanently concentrated in relatively small areas, forming cities. -
Immigration
People come together into a country in order to live and work there.Or moving to a different country permanently. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
It was passed and signed by the Congress in 1882. This law was the first and only to explicit suspend immigration for a specific nationality. prohibited Chinese laborers such as “both skilled and unskilled laborers from entering the U.S. -
Rural & Urban
Rural: An area located in the outskirts. Included small villages, but not a lot people lived there.
Urban: A settlement where the population is very high. Included cities and towns. But they're far away from nature. -
Closing of the Western Frontier
The U.S. Census Bureau had announced the frontier line is disappearing. But Jackson Turner argued that the frontier line is still important because that is what distinguished the U.S. from Europe. And it helped shape American history and producing individualism, of the American -
Yellow Journalism
It was the use of lurid features and sensationalized news in newspaper publishing to attract readers and increase circulation. he phrase was describe the tactics employed in furious competition between two New York City newspapers, the World and the Journal. -
Klondike Gold Rush
Gold was discovered on Aug. 17, 1896, near the confluence of the Klondike and Yukon rivers in western Yukon territory. By 1897 up to 30,000 prospectors had arrived in the newly created towns of Skagway and Dyea. The Klondike gold rush was short-lived and had essentially ended by 1899. -
Spanish American War
The Spanish-American War, short as it was and relatively inexpensive in both resources and human life, was an important turning point in the history of both antagonists. The United States emerged from the war a world power t now had insular possessions in the Caribbean and stretching across the Pacific, including Hawaii. -
Assimilation
The process where individuals or groups or differing ethnic heritage are absorbed into the dominant culture of a society. It involves taking on the traits of the dominant culture. -
Great Plains
The Great Plains or the Great American Desert is a large area of the west central U.S. Includes 10 plain states stretching from Canada to Southern Texas. And from the dry weather which led to the creation of the Dust Bowl -
Americanization
Activities that were designed to prepare foreign born residents of the United States for full participation in citizenship. It focused not only on naturalization but understanding the principles of American life. -
Alfred T. Mahan
In 1890 Mahan published his college lectures as The Influence of Sea Power upon History, 1660–1783. In this book he argued for the paramount importance of sea power in national historical supremacy. n his second book, Mahan stressed the interdependence of the military and commercial control.
