Turn of the Century Review

Thomas Edison was an

American inventor and

businessman most well

known for his development of

the

• radio

• telephone

• light bulb

• telegraph

Who invented the telephone?

• Albert Einstein

• Eli Whitney

• Thomas Edison

• Alexander Graham Bell

Cowboys led the cattle on the

Chisholm Trail from San

Antonio, Texas to which city?

• Nebraska

• Abilene

• Kansas

• Atlanta

An immigrant is _____.

• a person who is not in the military

• a person who comes to live in a country from their home country

• the way people use resources to meet their needs

• searching the unknown

What is a common reason

people immigrate to the United

States?

• better medicines and health care

• climate is better in the US

• better opportunities for jobs and wealth

• land is flat and is better for crops

Cattle trails started in Texas

where the cattle were driven

north to Kansas. Why did the

cowboys stop the cattle in

Kansas?

• Kansas had railroads

• Texas was part of Mexico

• Kansas was close to the ocean

• Kansas has steamboats

George Washington Carver

found many uses for ____.

• sweet pickles

• oranges

• peanuts

• grapes

In what year did the Wright

Brothers fly the first airplane?

• 1910

• 1903

• 2018

• 1860

Why did freed slaves go to

Texas and work as cowboys in

the years after the Civil War?

• They could own land in California.

• They were sold to Texas ranchers.

• They were treated equally to white cowboys.

• They thought the cowboy life was easy.

President Roosevelt oversaw

the building of the Panama

Canal. The MOST important

reason to build the canal was

____.

• to connect the Mississippi river to the Atlantic ocean

• To connect the Pacific ocean to the Atlantic ocean

• to connect North America to South America

• To connect Europe to North America