Inventors
______________ were the first to build and fly the world's first successful airplane.
Wilbur and Orville Wright
Cattle sold for a high price in northern cities because the _____________ for cattle was high.
demand
The total amount of a product (good or service) available for purchase at any specified price.
supply
A person who moves to a new country to live.
immigrant
When President William McKinley declared war on Spain, this became known as the ____________.
Spanish-American War
_____________ invented the telephone in 1876 for people to communicate to each other.
Alexander Graham Bell
The price of cattle was low in Texas because the __________ of cattle was high.
supply
The consumer's need or desire to own the product or experience the service.
demand
Immigrants came to America for jobs and to escape war and ____________.
Persecution
Where did most immigrants come from?
Europe
_____________ invented over 300 products with peanuts to help poor Southern farmers.
George Washington Carver
What was the purpose of the cattle drives?
Cowhands led cattle to the nearest railheads where the cattle were put on trains and shipped to northern and eastern cities.
When a person exits one country to live in another country.
Emigrate
European immigrants arrived at __________ in New York Harbor.
Ellis Island
The ____________ was built to connect the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean. It helped the U.S. begin to rise as a world power.
Panama Canal
___________ created over 1,000 inventions including the phonograph and a long-lasting electric light bulb.
Thomas Edison
African American cowhands from Texas, like Bill Pickett , were known as the ____________.
Black Cowboys of Texas
The buying and selling of goods.
trade
Due to large European immigrants moving in to Ellis Island, what problems did New York City face?
crowded tenements, unemployment, dirty living conditions
Which president helped in the process of building the Panama Canal?
Theodore Roosevelt
In 1903, the Wright Brothers flew their first successful flight in __________, North Carolina with their airplane.
Kitty Hawk
Give three reasons why cattle drives ended.
1. barbed wire fences blocked paths 2. Texas rail roads were built closer 3. bad winter 4. not enough food for the cattle
When a person enters into another country to live.
immigration
What were the two main reasons emigrants came to the U.S.?
a better life and jobs (money)
Which territories did the United States gain at the end of the Spanish-American War?
Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines