History Term/Western Expansion 1

Who invented barbed wire?

• Joseph Glidden

• Thomas Edison

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Henry Ford

What was the purpose of the Chisholm Trail?

• To drive cattle from Texas to Abilene, Kansas

• To build the first transcontinental railroad

• To regulate the rail industry

• To expand settlement in the west

What is a primary source?

• A source created at the time in question that provides firsthand evidence

• A source that uses other sources to draw conclusions

• A source that was not created at the time being studied

• A source that proves or disproves something

What was the purpose of the Interstate Commerce Commission?

• To watch over the rail industry

• To invent barbed wire

• To drive cattle from Texas to Abilene, Kansas

• To expand settlement in the west

What was the purpose of the transcontinental railroad?

• To allow for settlement of the west

• To regulate the rail industry

• To build the first transcontinental railroad

• To expand settlement in the west

The facts that prove or disprove something.

• context

• source

• corroborate

• evidence

When something is real or true, it is considered a _.

• account

• analyze

• fact

• history

_ is the study of the past.

• account

• analyze

• fact

• history

A source that was not created at the time being studied, but instead uses sources that were created at that time as evidence to draw conclusions.

• primary source

• secondary source

• last soure

A belief that the white American settlers were destined to expand across.

• Interstate Commerce Commission

• Manifest Density

• Railroad Tycoon

• Chisholm Trail