Turn of the Century

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

• Telephone

• Light bulb

• Telegraph

• radio

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

• 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?

• 1910

• 1903

• 2016

• 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