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Before becoming an evangelist, this man was a famous baseball player...
Billy Sunday
Who invented the telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
What do inventors need to protect their ideas to prove the ownership of their inventions?
Patent
What is a person who leaves his own country to make his home in another country?
immigrant
The strip of land connecting North and South America
Isthmus of Panama
The location of the first successful airplane flight
Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
A piece of land completely surrounded by water
Island
Who brought the steel industry to America?
Andrew Carnegie
Who invented the steamboat?
Robert Fulton
What was built using the assembly line method?
Model T
Which ship sank on its first voyage after hitting an iceberg?
Titanic
The amusement park called a "Poor Man's Paradise"
Coney Island
The location of a hurricane that caused the deadliest natural disaster in United States history
Galveston, Texas
The highest point of a mountain
Peak
During the Spanish-American War, who was ordered to capture or destroy the Spanish Pacific fleet?
George Dewey
Who used a gasoline engine to make the first successful airplane?
During which time period did people place man's ideas over God's truth?
Progressive Movement
What was the former entry port for immigration on the West Coast of the United States?
Angel Island
What are the 3 island territories the US gained as a result of the Spanish American War?
Philippines, Guam, Puerto Rico
Where Roosevelt's Rough Riders had an important victory during the Spanish-American War
San Juan Hill
Elevation; height above sea level
Altitude
Who was sent to set up a government in the Philippines, before he became President of the United States?
William Howard Taft
Who launched the first successful liquid fueled rocket?
Robert Goddard
What was created to protect children from dangerous jobs and long working hours?
Child labor laws
Location of America's first subway system
Boston, Massachusetts
The first center of skyscraper architecture
Chicago, Illinois
A piece of land nearly surrounded by water
peninsula
Who invented the gas mask?
Garrett Morgan
Who started the Standard Oil Company?
John D. Rockefeller
Location of a large earthquake that caused severe fires that destroyed the city
San Francisco, California
Deep, narrow valley with steep sides
Canyon
Narrow strip of land connecting two larger bodies of water
Isthmus