The Western Frontier
Act passed by government stating that any family that settled in certain areas of the West could receive 160 acres of land.
What is the Homestead Act?
A person who comes into a new country to live.
Who is an immigrant?
Inventor of the steamboat
Who was Robert Fulton?
This man discovered the Hawaiian Islands.
Who was Captain James Cook?
The man who built the first mechanical reaper.
Who was Cyrus McCormick?
Nickname given to U.S. because it is made up of people from all over the world.
What is "melting pot"?
Inventor of the telephone
Who was Alexander Graham Bell?
The American ship that mysteriously sank off the shore of Cuba.
What is the Maine?
This state had one of the greatest land rushes in 1889.
What is Oklahoma?
Who was John D. Rockefeller?
Inventor of the Assembly Line
A group of Americans who were led by Theodore Roosevelt and who played an important role in the Battle of San Juan Hill.
Men who were hired to take care of cattle on ranches.
Who were the American cowboys?
The man who controlled much of America's steel business in the late 19th century.
Who was Andrew Carnegie?
Who was Robert Goddard?
Spain gave Cuba her freedom, and the U.S. received several islands including the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico as a result of this conflict.
What was the Spanish-American War?
This man was the 20th President of the United States.
Who was James A. Garfield?
He was America's most famous evangelist during the 19th century.
D.L. Moody
Inventor of the electric light bulb
Who was Thomas Edison?
Destroyed a fleet of Spanish ships in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War.
Who was Admiral George Dewey?