Cattle Trails
Immigration
Inventions
American Imperialism
Hodge Podge
100
Location where the cattle drives began.
What is South Texas?
100
Crowded, poorly built apartment buildings where many immigrants lived.
What are tenements?
100
Location of the Wright Brothers first flight.
What is Kitty Hawk, NC?
100
This country's fight for independence concerned Americans, and in part, contributed to the beginning of the Spanish American War.
What is Cuba?
100

One reason why minorities such as African Americans and Hispanics participated in the cattle drives.

What is less discrimination, no segregation, no Jim Crow laws.

200
Destination for the cattle drives (where were the cowboys taking the cattle).
What are rail towns in Kansas where cattle could board the trains headed to northeastern cities.
200
Two immigration ports that were in high use during the turn of the century time frame.
What are Ellis Island (NY) and Angel Island (CA)?
200
Alexander Graham Bell is most remembered for his contributions to this field.
What is communication?
200
This ship was sent to Havana Harbor to protect American interests in Cuba. It's explosion in February of 1898 outraged Americans.
What is the USS Maine?
200

Two oceans connected by the Panama Canal.

What are the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans?

300
Two trails frequently used by cowboys at the turn of the century.
What are the Goodnight-Loving Trail, the Chisholm Trail, Great Western Trail?
300
Area where most of the immigrants who came through Ellis Island were coming from.
What is Europe?
300
Inventor most remembered for his contributions to the farming and science industries.
Who is George Washing Carver?
300
This group of soldiers led by Theodore Roosevelt won important battles at Kettle Hill and San Juan Hill during the Spanish American War.
Who are the "Rough Riders"?
300

Specialization in (focusing on) this industry helped Pittsburgh grow during the turn of the century time period.

What is the steel industry or steel production?

400
Term for men who moved cattle from Texas to Kansas along the trails.
What is "cowboy"?
400
Three reasons people immigrated to the US at the turn of the century?
What are search for religious freedom, search for political freedom, dangerous conditions in their home country (war, poverty, disease, famine), needed work, wanted to own land, looking for a better life?
400
This inventor's invention of a reliable electric light bulb allowed for safer lighting in homes and businesses among other things.
Who is Thomas Edison?
400
In order to realize his goal of building a canal through Panama, Theodore Roosevelt supported Panama's fight for independence from this country.
What is Columbia?
400
This city became known for its large meat packing industry during the late 19th century.
What is Chicago, IL?
500
Reason why prices for cattle were higher in northeastern cities.
What is there were few cows and a lot of people needed/wanted beef for food.
500
Three situations that made life in America difficult for new immigrants.
What are crowded cities, dangerous work in factories, low paying jobs in factories, crowded tenements, not speaking the language, being far from home and family, discrimination?
500
These inventors are most remembered for their contributions to the areas of aviation and transportation.
Who are the Wright brothers?
500
Two of the three new territories that the US came to hold as a result of victory in the Spanish American War.
What are Guam, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico?
500
The last queen of the island nation of Hawaii.
Who was Queen Liliuokalani?
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