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100
This young cattle shipper from Illinois came up with the idea to herd cattle north through Texas and the Indian Territory to meet up with the railroads in Kansas.
Who is Joseph McCoy.
100
The Wright Brothers forever changed travel by inventing the
What is the airplane.
100
This is a style of journalism that uses news stories sensationally or unethically to attract readers.
What is yellow journalism.
100
The United States gained these territories at the end of the Spanish-American War
What is Guam, Puerto Rico, Philippines.
100
Many Russian and Polish Jews who came to the United States in the late 1800s chose to live in New York. The Mexican Americans were different because they
Why is they lived in the Southwest states like Texas.
200
The Great Western Cattle Trail, like the Chisholm Trail, started in Texas. The cattle were driven north to Kansas before they could be taken to the East to sell. Why did the cattle have to go north to Kansas?
Why is Kansas had railroads.
200
Thomas Edison was an American inventor and businessman most well known for his development of this.
What is the light bulb.
200
This temporarily stopped the building of a canal in Central America.
What is diseases.
200
This was a slogan across the nation after the Maine exploded in the Havana, Cuba Harbor.
What is "Remember the Maine!"
200
Some of the reasons for this included hope for better opportunities, religious freedom, escape from cruel and unfair governments, and adventure.
What is emigration.
300
Cattle trails developed in the West when people realized cattle could be raised in the Great Plains. Most trails started in Texas and went north to railway lines. The Chisholm Trail was a famous cattle trail which started in Texas, and ended in which city?
Which is Abilene.
300
He is well known for his work in agriculture and science, especially for his experiments with peanuts.
Who is George Washington Carver
300
President Teddy Roosevelt believed one of the best ways to increase America's world power was through building this.
Panama Canal.
300
This U.S. battleship exploded in the Havana, Cuba harbor in February of 1898.
What is the Maine.
300
This is a person who moves to a new country.
What is immigrate.
400
Nat Love was an African American cowboy in Texas at the turn of the 20th century. Which of the following best explains why many African Americans, like Nat Love, went to work as cowboys in the years after Civil War?
What is They faced less discrimination in the West.
400
He invented the telephone.
Who is Alexander Graham Bell.
400
Two main advantages gained by the building of the Panama Canal.
What is access to world trade and U.S. military defense.
400
This conflict lasted from April 1898 to August 1898.
What is the Spanish-American War.
400
The act of leaving one's country to settle in another.
What is emigration.
500
The first cattle trail blazed from the Red River in northern Texas to Abilene.
What is the Chisholm Trail.
500
He taught farmers to plant different crops each year to help put nutrients back into the soil.
Who is George Washington Carver.
500
The Panama Canal lies between these two bodies of water.
What is the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.
500
When William McKinley was president, the United States declared war on what country.
What is Spain.
500
The first group of settlers to come to America emigrated from here.
What is northern and western Europe.