Inventors/Important People
This inventor was responsible for inventing the light bulb as well as electricity.
Who was Thomas Edison?
Who was Teddy Roosevelt ?
These are the 3 main countries that fought in the Spanish American War.
What are Spain, Cuba, and the United States?
This is where most Ellis Island Immigrants Emigrated from.
What is Europe?
What year was the Panama Canal opened?
1914
This inventor was responsible for inventing a long list of peanut products.
Who was George Washington Carver?
This was created to create a way to travel between the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean without having to travel around South America.
What is the Panama Canal?
Name at least one cause of the Spanish American War.
1. The Sinking of the USS Maine
2. Yellow Journalism
3. trying to free Cuba from Spain
This is where most Angel Island Immigrants emigrated from.
What is Asia?
What year did the United States start working on building the Panama Canal?
1904
This inventor was famous for inventing the telephone and making the first official telephone call.
Who was Alexander Graham Bell?
This was the US Battleship sent to Cuba by President McKinley during the Spanish American War.
What was the USS Maine?
This is the policy of extending power and dominion.
What is Imperialism?
This was a symbol for immigrants of hope, freedom, and a better life.
What is the Statue of Liberty?
What year did the Spanish American War begin?
1898
This inventor was responsible for inventing the first successful airplane known as the Kitty Hawk Flyer.
Who were the Wright Brothers?
This is the use of newspapers to exaggerate the truth or spread lies to influence the public/sell more newspapers.
What is Yellow Journalism?
Name at least one effect of the Spanish American War.
1. The US became a world power.
2. Cuba became free from Spain.
3. The US gained the territories of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines.
How did Yellow Journalism cause the US to declare war on Spain?
Yellow Journalism was used to falsely/unfairly blame spain for the explosion and sinking of the USS Maine.
What year did the Spanish American War end?
1898
This person was the 25th president of the United States who officially declared war on Spain at the start of the Spanish American War.
Who was William McKinley?
This was the document that ended the Spanish American War.
What was the Treaty of Paris?
Name at least one Push Factor of immigration.
1. War
2. Unfair Government
3. Poverty
Name at least one Pull Factor of Immigration.
1. Job Opportunities
2. Freedom (Religious, etc.)
3. A Fair Government
What year did Ellis Island begin accepting Immigrants?
1892