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Land set aside by the U.S. for Indian Tribes
Famous baseball player who became an evangelist
Billy Sunday
What is the name for a person who comes into a new country to live?
Immigrant
Electric light bulb; phonograph
Thomas Edison
Event in 1889 when thousands of people lined up along the borders of Oklahoma to claim land for themselves
Oklahoma Land Rush
Pony express rider, army scout, Indian fighter
Buffalo Bill
Name the system of tapping dots and dashes over telegraph wires.
Morse Code
Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell
50th state to join the Union (1959)
Hawaii
Indian scout and town marshal known for his courage and good reputation
Wild Bill Hickok
What was the method of production called that uses moving belts to allow each person to do a special job?
Assembly line
Telegraph; Morse Code
Samuel Morse
Once called Russian America and later nicknamed "Seward's Folly" or "Seward's Icebox"; became the 49th state in 1959
Alaska
Discovered the Hawaiian Islands
Captain James Cook
What nickname has been given to the U.S. because so many immigrants have made their home here and added their influence to this country?
"Melting Pot"
Steamboat
Robert Fulton
Act passed by government stating that any family that settled in certain areas of the West could receive 160 acres of land
Homestead Act
Andrew Carnegie
What was the name of the first successful steamboat?
Clermont
Mechanical reaper
Cyrus McCormick