The Wright Brothers flew the first airplane in ______________ North Carolian
Kitty Hawk
a person who is not in the military
civilian
five million head of cattle were moved along the _______ in the late 1800s
Chisholm Trail
African American's that worked out west herding cows
Black cowboys of Texas
Who built the Panama Canal
Theodore Roosevelt
Which ship blew up in the Havana Cuban Harbor?
USS Maine
Why was the Panama Canal built?
clear access to world trade and for military reasons
Which was the busiest cattle trail?
Great Western Trail
a person that goes to a new country to live
immigrant
Who was president during the Spanish American War?
William McKinley
What exploded in the Havana Cuba Harbor?
USS MAINE
What is a reason people immigrated to the US?
to escape war, for religious freedom, for political freedom, jobs, better life
Spain ceded Guam, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico to ___ after the Spanish American War
United States
Pres. Roosevelt believed that a _______ linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans would help America
canal
Who invented the telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
Who was president of the US during the building of the Panama Canal?
Theodore Roosevelt
Why were there so many black cowboys?
They were treated as equals on the trail
what is yellow journalism?
news agencies exaggerating the truth to sell papers