Inventors
Cowboys and Cattle Trails
World Involvement
Grab Bag
100

The Wright Brothers were known for inventing the __________.

Airplane

100

_____ _____ were created to transport cattle from the west to the north.

Cattle Trails

100

In order to make travel around the globe faster, the United States built the ________ _______.

Panama Canal

100

Someone leaving their home country due to failing crops is a push or pull factor?

Push
200

________ ________ was known for his specific model of lightbulb. 

Thomas Edison

200

Cattle were in high ______ in the north, where there was not a lot of them. 

Demand

200

List one cause of the Spanish-American War.

-U.S. wanted Cuba as a colony

-Sinking of the U.S.S. Maine

-Cuba wanted help gaining it's independence

200

Which president aided in building the Panama Canal?

Theodore Roosevelt

300

Which inventor is most known for his involvement in agricultural science?

George Washington Carver

300

Name a cattle trail.

Great Western Trail

Chisholm Cattle Trail

300

What country did the Spanish-American War take place in?

Cuba

300

_______ are people that have moved from one country to another country. 

Immigrants

400

Which invention is associated with communication?

Telephone

400

Many people who had been freed from slavery moved west to become cowboys. They were known as the _______ ________ ___ _______. 

Black Cowboys of Texas

400

Who was the president during the Spanish-American War?

William McKinley

400

Explain what "turn of the century" means

The year was going from 1800 to 1900. The 100s place was changing in the year. 

500

George Washington Carver invented a method for planting crops which involved changing out the crops planted in each field every year. This was known as ______ _______. 

crop rotation

500

Many people immigrated to work on cattle trails or help build __________ which helped people travel across the country.

Railroads

500

Which president had a policy known as the "Big Stick Policy"?

Theodore Roosevelt

500

Name one of the islands where immigrants to the U.S. would arrive.

Ellis Island or Angel Island