Explorers
What is an explorer?
Someone who goes to find out about a place for the first time.
This word means a group’s way of life
Culture
Why did people want to move west
What is an inventor
A person who makes something for the first time
A really tall building is called
skyscraper
These two partners led an expedition to learn more about the West.
Lewis and Clark
This term means being made to work without choice
Slavery
What was life like in Jamestown
hard, bad, not good
How invented a new way for us to get light and what was it?
Edison, lightbulb
How did people travel west
wagons/ horses
This explorer crossed the Atlantic in 1492 and became widely known for his voyage.
Christopher Columbus
This word refers to a written form of government.
Constitution
The transcontinental railroad made life easier how (two things)
faster mail faster food transportation
Who invented the Model T. Ford
Henry Ford
What event did they dump tea into a harbor?
Boston Tea Party
This frontiersman guided settlers through tough mountain trails.
Daniel Boone
his term means moving from one region of a country to another.
Migration
Why do immigrants move to a new country
better life, find jobs
The railroad Telegraph was invented by ____ making train travel safer
Granville T. Woods
My timeline starts in the year 1875 and ends in the year 1935. How many years does it cover?
60 years
This leader served as a village chief in the 1600s
Powhatan
What word means coast to coast (think railroad)
Transcontinental
Why did New York City grow so much in the 1900s
immigration
Elisha Otis invented this which helped cities grow upwards and in population
Elevator
What is the imagery line that cuts earth into the Northern and southern hemispheres
Equator