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"What was developed in 1869 to improve transportation across the continent?"
transcontinental railroad
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Who invented the first safe elevator?
Elisha Otis
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What made car manufacturing easier for Henry Ford?
assembly line
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Jonas Salk created a vaccine for which disease?
polio
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In which city did Henry Ford start his company
Detroit, Michigan
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Why did immigrants come to America?
to search for freedom and jobs
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People moved to Pennsylvania for what industry?
coal
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"Which direction did the African Americans migrate within the United States?"
from the South to the North and Midwest
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The culture of immigrants __________ the neighborhoods and communities where they settled.
helped shape
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African Americans that moved from the South had to adapt to life ___________.
in urban areas
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Who explored the area currently known as Kentucky
Daniel Boone
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What doubled the size of the United States in 1803?
the Louisiana Purchase
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What was one reason settlers wanted to move west?
to find gold
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Lewis and Clark ___________ that would later help others who moved west.
made maps
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Where did the Oregon Trail begin?
Missouri
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Who took part in writing the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
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What is the Stamp Act?
a law that taxed American colonies on everyday items
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Where were the 13 colonies located?
Atlantic coast
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One reason the colonists were upset was that they were not allowed to ____________.
meet in groups
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After the revolution, representatives met to write the _____________.
The Constitution
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What Native American city is now known as Illinois?
Cahokia
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Who did the English settlers go to for help?
the Powhatan
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Some of the Jamestown settlers were only interested in ____________.
looking for gold
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How did Jamestown grow even more?
by having Africans help on the farms
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Settlers in Jamestown made _________, which they sent back to England to be sold
glass