Expanding the West & More
If you wanted to travel from Atlanta, Georgia to visit the historic Chisholm Trail, in which direction would you travel?
West
In the mid-1800's, many immigrants from Ireland were processed at Ellis Island. Why did MOST of these immigrants leave their homes and come to the United States?
They wanted to find work on the east coast and escape famine in Ireland
This industry benefited the MOST from the work of George Washington Carver.
the agricultural industry
If you saw a newspaper with headlines that said, "Treaty Signed; War Over" and "Germans Pledged to Act in Good Faith, " you would know that this newspaper was published at the end of which war?
World War I
A store usually sells candy bars for $1.00, but today is selling them for $0.75. This is an example of a ______ _________.
Price Incentive
What was built to allow ships to travel quickly between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans?
The Panama Canal
Immigrants from southern and eastern Europe primarily settled in cities along the _____ coast, while the Chinese immigrants typically settled in the American ________.
The world's first powered, sustained flight was performed by the _______ __________ in Kitty Hawk, Noth Carolina, in 9003.
Wright brothers
The United States may have never entered World War I were it not for continued attacks on American shipping vessels by the ______ ________.
German Navy
Ivy opened a lemonade stand in front of her house. She charged $2.00 per cup, but she did not have many customers. What would most likely happen if she lowered the price to $1.00 per cup?
More people would buy lemonade from Ivy.
Who was associated with cattle drives from Texas and across the Great Plains?
Black Cowboys
The start of the Spanish-American War was, in part, a result of the United States' involvement in ______.
Cuba
George Washington Carver
What is the art form that is MOST associated with the Harlem Renaissance?
Poetry
____________ is good for customers because it encourages businesses to offer consumers low prices and quality products.
Competition
What provided a way for the US Navy to quickly travel between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans to protect US interests?
The Panama Canal
The term ________ originally came from men who drove cattle from Texas to Kansas along the Chisholm Trail.
Cowboy
Who was the inventor that invented the telephone and participated in the first wire conversation ever held?
Alexander Graham Bell
Who helped popularize a new form of travel in the 1920s?
Charles Lindbergh
What invention caused Chicago's strong food-processing and meatpacking industry to dramatically expand?
Using ice to keep items cold while on a railroad.
Where was the Chisholm Trail Located?
Texas to Kansas
*be able to locate on a map*
The most likely reason why towns such as Abilene, Kansas, and Sedalia, Missouri, became key shipping destinations for the cattle industry in the late 1800s was because they were located near ________.
Railroads
Alexander Graham Bell helped improve what aspect of American life?
Communication
This sport made major gains in national popularity during the 1920s.
Baseball
The most likely explanation for the rapid population growth in Pittsburgh from 1860 to 1940 was because Pittsburgh became the center of the ______ industry in the United States.
Steel