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Industrialization
This was the process in which the economy is transformed from primarily agricultural to another one based on manufacturing goods. Manual labor replaced by mechanized mass production. Craftsman replaced by assembly lines. -
Manifest Destiny
During the 19th century period of the American expansion was that the United States not only was possible but that it was destined to stretch from coast to coast. Helped fuel western settlement, native american removal and as well with war with Mexico. -
Nativism
Nativists were those who were "born" or "native" to the United States. Nativists believed that people that had other races, religion, and nationalities were lower than them and especially that the new immigrants were even more lower than to the whites. Nativists feared that the immigrants especially new immigrants could not be fully absorbed into the American society because they spoke their own language and were "ghetto". They argued that immigrants would take their jobs. -
Homestead Act
The homestead act stated that any citizen could use 160 acres of the government's land. This Act was signed by President Lincoln. If the settler of the land improved it by making a home and growing some crops after five years from that the homesteader would own that property.