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Emigration
100
This is how cowboys got cattle to railroad cities.
What were cattle trails?
100
These inventors made an impact on American history with their inventions in flight.
Who were the Wright Brothers?
100
These 2 countries fought in the war over Cuban independence.
Who are Spain and America?
100
The huge "shortcut" through Central America is know as this.
What is the Panama Canal?
100
A person who moves to a new country is referred to as this.
What is an immigrant?
200

The reason for the shortage of meat in the east.

The soldiers consumed it all during the Civil War.

200
This inventor made an impact on electricity in American history.
Who was Thomas Edison?
200
The Spanish-American War was caused by the sinking of this ship.
What is the USS Maine?
200
This man was president during the construction of the canal.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
200

The act of leaving one’s homeland to settle in another country is this.

What is immigration?

300
Beef was selling for $40 in the eastern states. The purpose of the cattle trails was to get the cattle here.
What is trains (or railheads)?
300
Communication was the focus of this American Inventor.
Who was Alexander Graham Bell?
300
This man was president during the Spanish-American War?
Who is William McKinley?
300
The Panama Canal links which two oceans?
What is the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans?
300

What were the names of the two entry points into the United States?

Ellis Island and Angel Island

400
This was the name of the first cattle trail.
What is the Chisholm Trail?
400
This inventor had a love of science and taught about crop rotation.
Who was George Washington Carver?
400
This island country gained its indepenedence as a result of the Spanish-American war.
What is Cuba?
400

What country first attempted to build the Panama Canal?

What is France

400
Most immigrants in this time period came from this area?
What is Europe?
500
This cattle trail led to the northern plains.
What was the Great Western Cattle Trail?
500
George Washington Carver created more than 300 products using this crop.
What is a peanut?
500
After the Spanish-American War, the U.S. gained these territories.
What are Guam, Puerto Rico and the Philippines?
500

President Roosevelt thought the canal would help the United States in this way.

Better trading opportunities

500

Give 3 main reasons people immigrated to the United States.

What are a better life (poor), religious freedom and escape from war?