Cattle Trails
What did ranchers in the South have too much of?
cattle, cows
Two men who took the first powered flight in and airplane they made themselves.
Wright Brothers
The War that led to America becoming a world power.
Spanish-American War
The man-made short-cut through Central America, connects Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Panama Canal
The process of leaving ones homeland to move to a new country
emigration
Why did the ranchers want to travel their cattle to the East?
to make more money.
The inventor of the first lightbulb.
Thomas Edison
Who was the president during the war?
William McKinley
Who was president during the construction of the Panama Canal?
Theodore Roosevelt
A person who moves to a new country.
Men who were able to get jobs in Texas after the Civil War (most were former slaves).
Black Cowboys of Texas
The inventor of the telephone
Alexander Graham Bell
What country earned its freedom from the war?
Cuba
What diseases caused issues for workers? (name one)
yellow fever, malaria
Most immigrants came to the US from what continent?
Europe
The first cattle trail that began in San Antonio and ended in Abilene.
Chisholm Trail.
African-American scientist who developed hundreds of products from peanuts and sweet potatoes.
George Washington Carver
What was the name of America's battleship that exploded?
USS Maine
The building of the Panama Canal allowed for the US to have access to what?
world trade
Why did most immigrants stay in big cities where they first landed?
They were too poor to go anywhere else.
The trail used to guide cattle north to new railroad lines across the Great Plains.
Great Western Cattle Trail
Who also invented the phonograph (a machine that records sound)?
Thomas Edison
Name one of the territories that the US gained after the war.
Guam, Puerto Rico, Philippines
What country first started the construction of the canal?
France/French company
List one reason why people came to America to live?
Better life, escape war, religious freedom