Coming to America
First president of the United States
George Washington
President during the Civil War
Abraham Lincoln
to make it harder for thieves to steal cattle, symbols called _______ were used
When people stopped work in order to get something, such as more money or better benefits?
Strike
Gift from France that reminded new immigrants of freedom
Statue of Liberty
Branch of government led by president and vice president?
executive
What were the people that used to be slaves and now were free called?
Freedman
a town that was deserted and empty was called...
ghost town
kerosene
Alexander Graham Bell
branch that decided if the laws have been broken
executive
Who was Abraham Lincoln assassinated by?
John Wilkes Booth
The railroad that goes a across the whole continent is called....
Transcontinental Railroad
an underground railroad is called...
subway
Who invented the phonograph and light bulb?
Thomas Edison
Which branch of government makes the laws?
legislative
Nickname of Northerners who tried to get government jobs in the South
Carpetbaggers
A town that grew quickly was called a....
Boomtown
a group of workers that unite to go on strike
a labor union
A special treatment that Milk needed to go through before being sold
pasteurization
American General who defeated the British and took Indians lands away?
Andrew Jackson
Amendment that abolished slavery
13th Amendment
a person in charge of a cattle drive is called
a trail boss
Whale oil is also called...
petroleum
Who invented to QWERTY keyboard?
Christopher Sholes