Turn of the Century Vocabulary

The first cattle trail that began in San Antonio, TX and ended in Abilene, KS

• Chisholm Trail
• Great Western Trail
• The Great Cattle Trail
• Black Cowboys

The trail that went from Bandera, TX to Dodge City, KS.  It was used to guide cattle north to new railroad lines across the Great Plains.

• Chisholm Trail
• The Great Western Trail
• The Great Cattle Trail 
• Black Cowboys

Men who were able to get jobs in Texas after the Civil War (most were former slaves)

• Wright Brothers
• Freedmen's Bureau
• Black Cowboys
• Panama Canal

Two men who took the first powered flight in an airplane they made themselves

• Grant & Lee
• Roosevelt and McKinley
• Black Cowboys
• Wright Brothers

African-American scientist who developed hundreds of products from peanuts and sweet potatoes.  

• Thomas Edison
• Theodore Roosevelt
• George Washington Carver
• Alexander Graham Bell

The inventor of the first lightbulb

• Alexander Graham Bell
• Thomas Edison
• William McKinley
• George Washington Carver

The inventor of the telephone

• Wright Brothers
• Thomas Edison
• George Washington Carver
• Alexander Graham Bell

25th President of the US - was President during the Spanish-American War

• William McKinley
• Theodore Roosevelt
• Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Alexander Graham Bell

The war that led to America become a world power, Unites States gained 3 new territories: Guam, Puerto Rico, and Philippines

• Civil War 
• Battle at Vicksburg
• Spanish American War
• Panama Canal

26th President of the United States - was President during construction of the Panama Canal

• Theodore Roosevelt 
• Franklin D. Roosevelt
• William McKinley
• Alexander Graham Bell