19th & 20th Century Historical Geography

Which canal cut the length of oceanic travel between Europe and Asia?

A gold rush in the 1800s gave rise to such towns as Coolgardie and Kalgoorlie. In which country did this gold rush take place?

Which group of Pacific Islands, now an independent country, was ceded to the United States by Spain after the Spanish-American War?

Name the kind of fencing material invented in the mid 1800s that helped bring an end to the open ranges of the Great Plains.

The village of Dolores was the birthplace of a movement led by father Miguel Hidalgo that resulted in the independence of which country?

Sutter's Mill was the first site where gold was discovered in what is now which state?

Tombstone developed as a boomtown when silver was discovered in what is now which state?

Vicksburg, an important Confederate stronghold during the Civil War, occupies a strategic location overlooking which river?

In the mid-1800s, the Pony Express mail service ran from Sacramento to a town just north of Kansas City, in which present day state?

Fort McHenry, site of the battle that inspired Francis Scott Key to write "The Star-Spangled Banner," is in the harbor of Maryland's largest port city. Name this city