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Definition
Inventors
Cattle Trails
Immigration
100
Term used by African American settlers on the Great Plains to describe themselves; Trying to find a place to be free.
What is Exodusters
100
Sodbusters
What is Name given to the first settlers to farm the Great Plains b/c they had to break up tough soil
100
Airplane
What is The Wright Brothers
100
This is the kind of climate associated with the Great Plains
What is Dry, Hot, Flat
100
Why did people emigrate to America
What is Freedom, New Life
200
The area where an animal usually lives
What is Habitat
200
Reservation
What is Land set aside for Native Americans
200
Thomas Edison- Allowed shops to stay open later at night
What is The Electric light bulb
200
Drought and Grass Fires would occur in what kind of climate
What is Dry
200
How were Chinese workers treated compared to other workers?
What is Unfair, Paid Less
300
Railroad that crosses a continent
What is Transcontinental Railroad
300
Prejudice
What is an unfair, negative opinion that can lead to unjust treatment
300
Alexander Graham Bell
What is The Phonograph
300
Why did cattle ranchers send their cattle to the North and East
What is Sell them for more money
300
USS Maine exploding led to what event?
What is Spanish American War
400
An amount available
What is Supply
400
Climate
What is weather conditions in an area over a long period of time
400
George Washington Carver
What is Peanuts
400
How did barbed wire effect the Cattle Drives?
What is Ended it by blocking the trails
400
President Theodore Roosevelt wanted U.S. ships to be able to travel quickly between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, so America built the?
What is Panama Canal
500
A desire to purchase a product
What is Demand
500
Assimilate
What is To take on the cultural and social traditions of a group
500
My invention changed the agricultural and economic life of many poor farmers.
What is George Washington Carver
500
Why did the U.S. soldiers and Native Americans fight
What is Soldiers wanted Native Americans to live on reservations
500
How were immigrant workers treated in America?
What is Lived in crowded apartments, Hard to find jobs, Paid less