Moving Out West
Westward Expansion and the Native Americans
Famous Inventors
Transcontinental Railroad and Immigrants
Spanish-American War and the Panama Canal
100

This belief said Americans were meant to expand across the continent, spreading democracy and civilization.

Manifest Destiny

100

This 1830 law allowed the U.S. government to force Native American tribes to leave their lands and move west of the Mississippi River.

What is the Indian Removal Act


100
This inventor was known for his use of peanuts.
Who was George Washington Carver?
100
This railroad ran from the Atlantic to the Pacific
What is transcontinental railroad?
100

What happened when a group of Americans living in Hawaii overthrew the Hawaiian government?

What is Hawaii becomes part of the US?

200

This event in 1849 brought thousands of people to California hoping to strike it rich.

What is the Gold Rush

200

This was the first cattle trail that stretched from Texas to Kansas, allowing cattle to move from one area to anther.

What is Chisholm Trail

200
This industrialist used the assembly line to mass produce vehicles.
Who was Henry Ford?
200
Immigrants came to American because
What is a better life, jobs, and freedom of religion?
200
President _________________ declared war on Spain and began the Spanish-American war.
Who was William McKinley?
300

Who qualified for the Homestead Act of 1862?

head of household, eighteen years old, or widow

300

These were freed slaves that moved west to Texas to work in the cattle industry.

What were the black cowboys?

300
These brothers' first airplane ride lasted about twelve seconds.
Who were the Wright Brothers?
300

Who were discriminated against in the when they were done working on the Transcontinental Railroad?

Who were Chinese immigrants?

300

Territories the U.S gained as a result of the Spanish-American War

What is Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Phillipines?

400

How many acres would a person receive from the Homestead Act of 1862?

A person would be given 160 acres from this act passed by the government.

400

What is a reservation?

Area of land set aside by the government for use only by Native Americans

400
This inventor is know for many things such as his establishment of the first power station.
What is Thomas Alva Edison
400

This began in Omaha, Nebraska and went west. THE NAME OF THE RAILROAD COMPANY.


What is the Union Pacific Railroad?

400

What event happened at Havana Harbor, Cuba? 

What is USS Maine exploded?

500

This is made of dirt, roots, and grasses

What is a sod house?

500

This was the event in which Native Americans were forced out of their land and made to travel across the country to a new "Indian Territory".

What is "The Trail of Tears"?

500

This inventor made it possible to write songs like, "Call Me Maybe".

Who was Alexander Graham Bell?

500

CHALLENGE QUESTION!
The Union Pacific and the Central Pacific Railroads met in Promontory, Utah on this date.

What is May 10, 1869?

500

What is one reason reasons the Panama Canal is so important?

What is: *Connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. *Saves money by shortening trade routes. *Helps move troops more efficiently.

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