Inventors
The inventor of the light bulb
Who is Thomas Edison?
a manufacturing system in which each worker performs an assigned task again and again
What is the assembly line?
This invention led to the expansion of the west
What is the railroad?
Due to the invention of steel, cities were able to start constructing these types of buildings
What are skyscrapers?
American settlers constantly took this from Natives sparking conflict
What is their land?
The inventor of the Telephone
Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
a grant of money, often from the government, to a person or company for an action intended to benefit the public
What is a subsidy?
People in Texas took this animal on "Long Drives" to sell at markets in Missouri and Kansas
What is cattle?
Henry Ford used this new production method to mass produce his cars
What is the assembly line?
This area was designated for only Native Americans until it was opened for settlers in 1889
What is Oklahoma?
Who are the Wright Brothers?
name given to early Great Plains farmers
What is a sodbuster?
This railroad connected the east coast to the west coast
What is the Transcontinental Railroad?
During the late 1800's and early 1900's, women led the temperance movement, also called prohibition, which calls for the banning of this product
What is Alcohol?
Native Americans relied on this animal for survival in the Great Plains until it was overhunted by American settlers
What is the buffalo?
The inventor of the Model T
Who is Henry Ford?
a journalistic writing style exaggerating the dramatic or shocking aspects of a story
What is Yellow Journalism?
This act offered free, or very cheap land, to American families who agreed to settle in the Great Plains
What is the Homestead Act?
During the late 1800's and early 1900's these places were extremely dirty and unpleasant places to live
What are cities?
The US Army massacred native people here after a gun mistakenly discharged
What is Wounded Knee?
The inventor of Morse Code
Who is Samuel Morse?
an investigative reporter who exposed corruption in business
What is a muckraker?
People living the the Great Plains had to make their homes out of sod due to the lack of this resource
What is trees/lumber/wood?
Poor people lived in these small, crowded and dangerous buildings in big cities
What are tenements?
Natives won this battle against the US Army and were later forced off of their land to reservations
What is the Battle of Little Bighorn?