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Up until 1800, roads were primarily made by what?
The wear and tear of travel by people using horse-drawn carts, wagons, and coaches.
100
This was passed in 1830 requiring all Indian tribes to move west.
Indian Removal Act of 1830
100
This was the mail served which transported mail with a series of riders.
The Pony Express
100
The completion of the transcontinental railroad now made it possible to travel from New York to California in _____ days.
Ten
100
One of the most famous cattle trails out of Texas was the _________ _________
Chisholm Trail
200
These were ships that carried cargo quickly across the oceans.
Clipper Ships
200
This is approximately how many men were in Santa Anna's army.
6,000
200
Lincoln issues the ____________ ___________ which declared slaves free, still many were not released.
Emancipation Proclamation
200
These required blacks to pay a fee to vote.
Poll Taxes
200
About _______ American men were lost during the Spanish-American War.
5,000
300
Henry Clay was called the __________ ______________.
Great Compromiser
300
This trail west began as a trade route.
Santa Fe Trail
300
This is where the first shots were fired at the beginning of the War Between the States.
Fort Sumter, South California
300
This person headed a training school for blacks in Tuskegee, Alabama.
Booker T. Washington
300
These were the apartment buildings that newcomers often moved to after immigrating to America.
Tenements
400
This was the year that slave trade was outlawed.
1808
400
This Captain (also called the "Pathfinder of the West"), was sent to California for the United States.
John C. Fremont
400
This is about how many men the north and the south lost during the Battle of Gettysburg.
22,000 men
400
Cornelius Vanderbilt owned a successful ___________ company.
Railroad
400
He was president during the Great World War.
Woodrow Wilson
500
Harriet Tubman led over _________ slaves to freedom.
300
500
This city prospered as a result of the Gold Rush.
San Francisco
500
This general was accidentally shot and killed by one of his own men.
Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson
500
These were two strong Indian leaders during the Battle of Little Big Horn.
Sitting Bull an Crazy Horse
500
Nationalism means what?
A strong pride in one's country.