Inventor of the telephone, teacher of the deaf, allowed people to communicate faster over distance and lead the way to modern day technology such as the cell phone and texting.
2
Black Cowboys of Texas
Freedmen to move west following the Civil War to secure jobs on the long drives worked in Wild West Shows that were entertainment to the settlers in the West.
3
cattle trails
Chisholm Trail and the Great Western Cattle trail were two important trails used to move cattle from southern Texas north to the stockyards and railroads so that the beef could be sold in the East where demand was high and supply was low making the cost 10 times what it was in Texas
4
Chisholm Trail
The first cattle trail, that began in the Red River Valley and ran to Abilene, Kansas.
5
discrimination
To judge or mistreat a person based on the color of their skin, beliefs, or outward appearance that might be different from your own
6
drought
A long period of time with little to no rain
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E pluribus Unum
Out of many one---the motto of the United States that describes the United states, born out of the original 13 colonies.
8
George Washington Carver
Scientist, made a huge impact on agriculture with his theory of crop rotation, created more than 300 products from peanuts and sweet potatoes.
The main route for cattle headed to northern stockyards and railroad yards, began in western Texas and ended in Nebraska
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Homestead Act
An offer from the federal government of the United states giving people willing to move to the western territories 160 acres if they would develop the land sparked the great migration West.
12
famine
Lack of food in a specific region
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industrialization
Adopting industrial methods of manufacturing and producing
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Kitty Hawk, NC
Site of the Wright Brothers successful flight, chosen because its frequent winds and soft sandy surfaces were suitable for their glider experiments, which they conducted over a three-year period prior to making the powered flights.
15
long drive
The movement of the cattle from Texas to Kansas/Nebraska, the drive stretched over several months
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mass production
the production or manufacture of goods in large quantities, especially by machinery and specialization of labor, such as Henry Ford’s assembly line to build cars and make them affordable.
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Panama Canal
a canal across the Isthmus of Panama, linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans: extends from Colón on the Caribbean Sea southeast to Balboa on the Gulf of Panama; built by the US (1904–14), after an unsuccessful previous attempt (1880–89) by the French, length: 40 miles
A person that has an altruistic concern for human welfare and advancement, usually manifested by donations of money, property, or work to needy persons, or to institutions of learning and hospitals.
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price incentives
A price incentive is something that motivates an individual to purchase an item. Examples-buy one get one free, 50% off, 20% off your entire purchase
21
Spanish American War
A war in 1898 between the US and Spain, which the US started because it wanted Cuba to be independent from Spain and because the US battleship Maine was mysteriously destroyed by an explosion near Havana, Cuba.
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telegraph
A system for transmitting messages from a distance along a wire, especially one creating signals by making and breaking an electrical connection.
23
tenements
a run-down and often overcrowded apartment house, especially in a poor section of a large city
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The Maine
The Maine is best known for her catastrophic loss in Havana Harbor on the evening of 15 February 1898. Sent to protect U.S. interests during the Cuban revolt against Spain, she exploded suddenly without warning and sank quickly, killing nearly three-quarters of her crew. The cause and responsibility for her sinking remained unclear after a board of inquiry.
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The Wright Brothers
Orville and Wilbur Wright, American mechanics and inventors of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, who achieved the first sustained flight of a heavier-than-air machine — what we today call an airplane. Their flight was made at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in 1903.
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Theodore Roosevelt
an American politician, author, naturalist, soldier, explorer, and historian who served as the 26th President of the United States. He was a leader of the Republican Party (GOP) and founder of the Progressive Party insurgency of 1912. During Spanish American War he was the leader of the “Rough Riders”
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Thomas Edison
United States inventor; inventions included the phonograph and incandescent electric light and the microphone and the Kinetoscope
28
Transcontinental Railroad
A train route across the United States finished in 1869. It was the project of two railroad companies: the Union Pacific built from the east, and the Central Pacific built from the west. The two lines met in Utah.
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William McKinley
Served as the twenty-fifth president of the United States, from 1897 until his death from an assassin's bullet in 1901, McKinley waged the Spanish-American War and at the end of it gained overseas territories for the United States; including Hawaii.
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yellow journalism
the practice of seeking out sensational news for the purpose of boosting a newspaper’s circulation, not always tell the truth or adding facts to make the story more interesting to the reader.
cattle trails
Thomas Edison
William McKinley
The Maine
Panama Canal
Black Cowboys of Texas
Great Western Cattle Trail
The Wright Brothers
George Washington Carver
Alexander Graham Bell
Chisholm Trail
patent
industrialization
drought
philanthropist
price incentives
long drive
telegraph
E pluribus Unum
Great Plains
Kitty Hawk, NC
Homestead Act
famine
discrimination
tenements
yellow journalism
Transcontinental Railroad
mass
production
Spanish American War
Theodore Roosevelt
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inventor of the telephone, teacher of the deaf, allowed people to communicate faster over distance and lead the way to modern day technology such as the cell phone and texting.
2
Freedmen that moved west following the Civil War to secure jobs on the long drives worked in Wild West Shows that were entertainment to the settlers in the West.
3
Chisholm Trail and the Great Western Cattle Trail were two important trails used to move cattle from southern Texas north to the stockyards and railroads so that the beef could be sold in the East where demand was high and supply was low making the cost 10 times what it was in Texas
4
first cattle trail, that began in the Red River Valley and ran to Abilene, Kansas.
5
to judge or mistreat a person based on the color of their skin, beliefs, or outward appearance that might be different from your own
6
long period of time with little to no rain
7
Out of many one---the motto of the United States that describes the United states, born out of the original 13 colonies.
8
scientist, made a huge impact on agriculture with his theory of crop rotation, created more than 300 products from peanuts and sweet potatoes.
9
large area of grasslands located between the United states and Canada east of the Rocky Mountains
10
main route for cattle headed to northern stockyards and railroad yards, began in western Texas and ended in Nebraska
11
an offer from the federal government of the United states giving people willing to move to the western territories 160 acres if they would develop the land sparked the great migration West.
12
lack of food in a specific region
13
adopting industrial methods of manufacturing and producing
14
site of the Wright Brothers successful flight, chosen because its frequent winds and soft sandy surfaces were suitable for their glider experiments, which they conducted over a three-year period prior to making the powered flights.
15
movement of the cattle from Texas to Kansas/Nebraska, the drive stretched over several months
16
production or manufacture of goods in large quantities, especially by machinery and specialization of labor, such as Henry Ford’s assembly line to build cars and make them affordable.
17
canal across the Isthmus of Panama, linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans: extends from Colón on the Caribbean Sea southeast to Balboa on the Gulf of Panama; built by the US (1904–14), after an unsuccessful previous attempt (1880–89) by the French, length: 40 miles
18
legal grant issued to an inventor, giving the inventor the right to make profit off of his inventions
19
person that has an altruistic concern for human welfare and advancement, usually manifested by donations of money, property, or work to needy persons, or to institutions of learning and hospitals.
20
something that motivates an individual to purchase an item. Examples-buy one get one free, 50% off, 20% off your entire purchase
21
war in 1898 between the US and Spain, which the US started because it wanted Cuba to be independent from Spain and because the US battleship Maine was mysteriously destroyed by an explosion near Havana, Cuba.
22
system for transmitting messages from a distance along a wire, especially one creating signals by making and breaking an electrical connection.
23
a run-down and often overcrowded apartment house, especially in a poor section of a large city
24
best known for her catastrophic loss in Havana Harbor on the evening of 15 February 1898. Sent to protect U.S. interests during the Cuban revolt against Spain, she exploded suddenly without warning and sank quickly, killing nearly three-quarters of her crew. The cause and responsibility for her sinking remained unclear after a board of inquiry.
25
American mechanics and inventors of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, who achieved the first sustained flight of a heavier-than-air machine — what we today call an airplane. Their flight was made at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in 1903.
26
American politician, author, naturalist, soldier, explorer, and historian who served as the 26th President of the United States. He was a leader of the Republican Party (GOP) and founder of the Progressive Party insurgency of 1912. During Spanish American War he was the leader of the “Rough Riders”
27
United States inventor; inventions included the phonograph and incandescent electric light and the microphone and the Kinetoscope
28
train route across the United States finished in 1869. It was the project of two railroad companies: the Union Pacific built from the east, and the Central Pacific built from the west. The two lines met in Utah.
29
twenty-fifth president of the United States, from 1897 until his death from an assassin's bullet in 1901, waged the Spanish-American War and at the end of it gained overseas territories for the United States; including Hawaii.
30
the practice of seeking out sensational news for the purpose of boosting a newspaper’s circulation, not always tell the truth or adding facts to make the story more interesting to the reader.
