Cattle Drive
What was the name of the first cattle trail?
Chisholm Trail
Who invented the telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
The Spanish-American War was caused by the sinking of which battleship?
USS Maine
The act of leaving one’s homeland to settle in another country is called?
Emigration
What is the Indian Reservation?
An area of land reserved for Native Americans to keep them off of lands that European Americans wished to settle.
How did cowboys get cattle to railroad cities?
Cattle Trails
Who invented the light bulb?
Thomas Edison
Which 2 countries fought in the war over Cuban Independence?
Spain & US
Name 3 reasons why did many immigrants leave their homelands for the US?
Better life (poor), religious freedom, escape from wars
What was the outcome of the Battle of Little Bighorn?
The Native Americans defeated Lt. Colonel George Custer’s cavalry unit.
Which cattle trail led to the northern plains?
Great Western Cattle Trail
Who made the first powered flight in an airplane they built themselves?
Wright Brothers
Who was president during the Spanish-American War?
William McKinley
What is the huge “shortcut” through Central America called?
Panama Canal
What is the name of the Native American leader during the war ?
Sitting Bull
Native Americans wiped out Lt. Colonel Custer’s cavalry unit during which battle?
Little Bighorn
Which scientist created more than 300 products from peanuts and sweet potatoes?
George Washington Carver
Guam, Puerto Rico, & the Philippines
Who was president during the construction of the Panama Canal?
Theodore Roosevelt
How many years did the Native Americans fight before being defeated by the US?
14 years
African Americans were judged by their skills and not their skin color when they worked as…?
Black Cowboys of Texas
He taught farmers about the benefits of crop rotation (planting different crops each year to help put nutrients back into the soil).
George Washington Carver
Who blamed Spain for the explosion?
The US newspaper
The Panama Canal links which two oceans?
Atlantic & Pacific
True or Fale? Westward expansion changed the Native Americans’ way of life forever. How?
True. Forcing them off their land, changing their culture