Turn of the Century Vocab

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First cattle trail from San Antonio, TX to Abilene, KS

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The Chisholm Trail

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Trail guiding cattle north to new railroad lines across the Great Plains.

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The Great Western Trail

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Men who got jobs in Texas post-Civil War

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Black Cowboys

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First powered airplane inventor

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Wright Brothers

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African American scientist who developed many products from peanuts and sweet potatoes

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George Washington Carver

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Inventor of the first lightbulb

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Thomas Edison

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Invented a machine to transport human voice over wires.

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Alexander Graham Bell

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U.S. President during the Spanish-American War

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William McKinley

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President of the U.S. during Panama Canal construction

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Theodore Roosevelt

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Man-made shortcut through Central America connecting Atlantic & Pacific Oceans

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Panama Canal