Inventors
Who invented the cotton gin
Eli Whitney
The law which gave 160 acres of land to families settling parts of the West was the Homestead Act
True
The first battle of the Civil War began at _______ in 1861
Ft. Sumter
Who invented the mechanical reaper
Cyrus McCormick
Sections of land set aside by the government for Indian tribes are called provinces
Reservations
One of the most famous leaders of the Underground Railroad was____
Harriet Tubman
Who invented the steamboat
Robert Fulton
One of the greatest land rushes was in what is now the state of Indiana
Oklahoma
The Union's ironclad ship was the _____
Monitor
Who invented the telegraph
Samuel Morse
A person who comes into a new country to live is an abolitionist
Immigrant
Presidents Lincoln's announcement that all slaves would be considered free in any state fighting against the Union was called______
The Emancipation Proclamation
Who invented the telephone
Alexander Graham Bell
John D. Rockefeller organized America's oil industry
True
The general who became commander of all Union armies in 1864 was _______
Ulysses S. Grant