Turn of the Century 19-20

Thomas Edison was an American inventor and businessman most well known for his development of the.....

• Light bulb

• radio

• cell phone

• ipod

Who invented the telephone?

• Steve Jobs

• Eli Whitney

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Theodore Roosevelt

Coyboys led the cattle on the Chisholm Trail from San Antonio, Texas to which city?

• Nebraska

• Kansas

• Abilene

• 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

• 42

What is a common reason people immigrate to the United States?

• Better medicine and health care

• the climate is better in the United States

• better opportunities for jobs and wealth

• the land is flat and better from 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 potatoes

• oranges

• grapes

• peanuts

In what year did the Wright Brothers fly the first airplane?

• 2006

• 1903

• 1860

• 1910

Why did freed slaves go to Texas and work as cowboys?

• 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