This was a group of African Americans who lead the ranch/farming lifestyle on the Western Frontier.
Who are the Black Cowboys?
100
What does it mean to leave one country to move to another?
What is immigration?
100
What is it called when one company is in control of a certain industry?
What is a monopoly?
100
This pair of brothers became famous after their secret work paid off and they created the first successful flying machine. Who are these brothers?
Who are the Orville and Wilbur Wright/The Wright Brothers?
100
What started the Spanish-American War?
What is the sinking of the U.S.S. Maine?
200
This was the name of the cities that started or ended the cattle trails. What were these cities known as?
What are railheads?
200
European immigrants came to this island port when moving to the United States.
What is Ellis Island?
200
Who was the person who owned the oil monopoly at the turn of the century?
What is John D. Rockefeller?
200
This man was born a slave and later kidnapped. In his adult life, he became an educated man who studied botany and created over 300 different uses for the peanut and 100 uses for the sweet potato. Who is this man?
Who is George Washington Carver?
200
This type of journalism led Americans to blame Spain for a tragedy. It was also used in many other ways to change public opinion.
What is yellow journalism?
300
This act gave people land who moved west.
What is the Homestead Act?
300
The United States government created this act to limit the immigration of Chinese Immigrants.
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
300
Andrew Carnegie was a leader in the steel industry. With all of his success and fame, he also "paid it forward" to the people. What is it called when someone helps out others?
What is philanthropy/philanthropist?
300
We use this man's invention daily! He created one of the most life changing inventions of the 1900's, the light bulb. Who was this man?
Who is Thomas Edison?
300
When shipping goods from the East and West Coasts, you had to travel around the entire land mass of North or South America. What was the solution to this problem?
What is the Panama Canal?
400
There were not many trees in the west, so people had to be resourceful and build houses out of this material.
What is sod?
400
When people moved to the U.S., children as young as ___ years began working in factories to earn money.
What is 10 years old?
400
What is the opportunity for selling goods, services, or stock?
What is a market?
400
We use cellphones now, but back before this invention, people used telegraphs to type Morse Code. Thanks to this inventor we have telephones. Who is this inventor?
Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
400
This President decided that he was going to make the U.S. a world power by increasing it's ability to trade with itself and foreign countries.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
500
If the supply of cattle was extremely high in Texas, what was the impact on the demand for cattle in Texas?
What is the demand would be low?
500
Describe two of the reasons people immigrated to the U.S.?
What is jobs, better life, more space, religious freedom, escape war?
(Answers may be any variations of the ones listed)
500
This city was booming with life because of it's access to trains, canals, and roadways. It became an epicenter of business. (Need the city AND state)
What is Chicago, IL?
500
Which inventor had a calling to assist newly freed slaves become better farmers and created medicinal uses for plants?
Who is George Washington Carver?
500
This President led the U.S. to a victory in the Spanish-American War and solidified the U.S. a place in the world scene.