Spanish American war
This country wanted independence from spain
Cuba
Created the airplane
Wright Brothers
rue or False: A large amount of black cowboys were slaves before the Civil War
True
The name for a people with a common culture/background
ethnic group
This war demonstrated that the United States was a world power
Spanish American War
invented the telephone
Alexander Graham Bell
The animal that Black Cowboys used to herd
cattle
What hardships were faced by immigrants entering America in the early 1900s?
They received low wages, labored in hazardous working conditions, and lived in overcrowded areas
The United States gained possession of this territory during the Spanish American War
Puerto Rico
Guam
Philiphines
promoted crops like peanuts and soybeans
George Washington Carver
Black Cowboys worked on a
ranch
emigration means to
leave your current homeland.
This front page from the New York World (1898) represents a type of reporting commonly referred to as
"Yellow Journalism.''
The most famous invention was the lightbulb
Thomas Edison
Which statement does BEST describe the life of the "Black Cowboys" of Texas?
Most worked as cattle hands and "horsebreakers."
immigration means to
go and live in a foreign country
What was the GREATEST impact of the Panama Canal?
It tremendously reduced the travel time between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Mother was deaf
Alexander Graham Bell
The trail used to transport cattle in the 19th century
Chisolm Trail
Great Western Trail
A pull factor