Many former slaves went out west to try their hand at this new "job." They enjoyed the freedom and they were not discriminated against like they were in cities and farming areas.
What is cowboys?
100
Not the first to make an airplane, but the first to make an airplane fly. These two men succeeded in making the first fixed wing aircraft take flight in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. They were also brothers.
Who is Orville and Wilbur Wright?
100
At the start of the war, this American president believed in this form of foreign policy which said that we should not get involved in the each other's problems.
Who is Woodrow Wilson and Isolationaism?
100
This agreement was signed on November 11, 1918 to end the fighting. It found this country responsible for repaying most of the war reparations.
What is the Treaty of Versailles and Germany?
100
Movies with sound were called talkies. The first full-length feature movie with sound was called, The Jazz Singer. This movie popularized this genre of music.
What is jazz?
200
The routes that cowboys used to move cattle accross the west.
What are the cattle trails?
200
This man saw the beauty in this particular plant. He saw that it could heal the ravaged soil in the south and came up with several inventions using this plant.
Who is George Washington Carver and the peanut?
200
Several European countries were practicing this and seizing territory in Asia and Africa.
What is imperialism?
200
The treaty also established this organization to try and prevent another war. Although it was Woodrow Wilson's idea, the U.S. never joined.
What is the League of Nations?
200
Known for improvising, or making things up on the spot, this man was known for his trumpeting and singing which helped make jazz popular.
Who is Louis Armstrong?
300
One of the famous cattle trails that lasted 20 years after the Civil War.
What is the Chisholm Trail?
300
Alexander Graham Bell was fascinated with the deaf and wanted to learn more about hearing. His "electrical speech machine" is the modern day _____.
What is the telephone?
300
These two events lead to America getting involved in WWI. Be able to explain what they were.
What is the Lusitania and Zimmerman Note?
300
The time after WWI was booming for America. This decade was called the ______ ______.
What is Roaring Twenties?
300
Harlem, New York became an area were African Americans came together and prospered for the first time in the U.S. The music, dance, politics, literature, and art blossomed during this time also known as this.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
400
A once booming trade that helped Texas recover from the Civil War was brought to an end because of many different reasons. Name atleast 3 reasons why they came to an end.
What is barbed wire, cow disease, harsh winters, and/or cattle rustlers (stealing)?
400
This man is credited with many inventions that worked with electricity. He developed the light bulb, record player, and movie projector.
Who is Thomas Edison?
400
Name atleast 3 of the new technologies that impacted the war and battle.
What is submarines, airplanes, mustard gas, armored tanks, and trench warfare?
400
Mass production contributed to the economic boom. It allowed items to be cheaper, now that they could be made more easily. Henry Ford created the ________ _____ which made production of this vehicle easier.
What is the assembly line and the Model T?
400
This African-American man was a well known poet and writer of the Harlem Renaissance. He was able to portray African Americans in a proud and hopeful light.
Who is Langston Hughes?
500
Americans were moving westward while on the east coast there was an influx of people from other countries. What was this called and what countries did they come from? (name atleast 4)
What is immigration from countries like Great Britain, Ireland, Germany, Norway, Japan, and China?
500
Describe the difference between an invention and an innovation.
An invention is the creation of a product or process, while an innovation is the improvement of something that already exists.
500
Make a chart of the Allied and Central Powers include America.
Allied: Great Britain, Russia, France, Italy, Japan, Serbia, and Belgium.
Central: Austria-Hungary, Germany, Bulgaria, and Turkey (The Ottoman Empire).
500
Planes and cars weren't the only thing being massed produced. Entertainment found legs thanks to this item. Name the celebrity known for the first nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.