Vocabulary
The federal government encouraged westward expansion by building new railroads and by allowing people to have free land.
Westward Expansion
Designed, developed, and flew the first powered airplane.
Wright Brothers
Flying or operating an aircraft
aviation
Who invented the first lightbulb?
Thomas Edison
Most if the _____________ in the U.S are from Mexico.
Immigrants
A cattle trail that went north and south of Dodge City, Kansas, where the cattle were loaded onto railroad cars.
The Great Western Trail
Experimented with peanuts; taught farmers about crop rotation.
George Washington Carver
War between the United States and Spain; fought in Cuba and the Philippines;
Spanish-American War
Two ways that westward expansion was increase?
Who increased westward expansion
Building railroads and giving away land.
Federal Government
__________ can be practiced to keep the soil rich and produces different crops.
Crop Rotation
A cattle trail that went from Texas to Abilene, Kansas, where the cattle were loaded onto railroad cars.
Chisholm Trail
Transmitted the human voice over wire; created the telephone.
Alexander Graham Bell
Waterway that connects the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean.
Panama Canal
What were the benefits of crop rotation?
Rich soil and production of different crops.
Most of the peanut products that are used today were created by _________________.
George Washington Carver
A group of cowboys who helped develop the cattle industry in Texas. There was less open discrimination on the trails than in the south or more urban areas.
The Black Cowboys of Texas
Created an electrical generating system and the first practical light bulb.
Thomas Edison
Leaving one’s country to settle in another country.
emigrate
Who was president during construction of panama canal?
Theodore Roosevelt
The Wright Brothers practiced _____________.
Aviation
Planting different crops each year to keep the soil healthy.
crop rotation
Hero of the Spanish-American War; president when construction of Panama Canal began.
Theodore Roosevelt
A person who moves to (enters) a new country.
immigrant
Benefits of Panama Canal?
Substantial increases in business between Atlantic and Pacific nations.
The boy ___________ from China to Mexico.
emigrated