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an official rule that people must follow
what is a law?
someone whose good behavior sets an example for others
what is a role model?
someone who has done special deeds and is a role model to others
what is a hero?
the first form of travel in the US other than walking
what is travel by boat?
people who move from one country to settle in a different country
what is an immigrant?
the first improved form of communication after The Pony Express
what is the telegraph?
what is voting?
means to work or give help without being paid
what is to volunteer?
fought between groups of people living in the same country
what is a civil war?
group of covered wagons that travel together for safety
what is a wagon train?
thousands of people came from around the world to search for gold
what is the gold rush?
gives a person the right to be the only one making or selling an invention
what is a patent?
violating a traffic law will result in this
what is a fine?
to send me an messages online
what is cyber bullying?
practice of buying, selling, and owning people
what is slavery?
a waterway dug by people
what is a canal?
an area of land that includes a house and its buildings
what is a homestead?
this person invented the telephone
who is Alexander Graham Bell?
what is citizenship?
this woman fought for women's rights
who is Susan B. Anthony?
someone who works to abolish, or get rid of, slavery
who is an abolitionist?
money paid for using a road
what is a toll?
the mail service that carried letters from St. Joseph to Sacramento
what is The Pony Express?
used to quickly send and receive signals for radios, televisions, cellular phones, and computers
what are satellites?
basic ideas or truths that people value
what are rights?
a leader during the Revolutionary War and our 1st president
this man gave speeches and organized peaceful protests in favor of civil rights
who is Martin Luther King JR.?
what is transcontinental?
kept a certain group of people from coming into the US because they were "taking too many jobs"
what is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
a place where a worked does only one part of a job
what is an assembly line?