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Go West!
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| westward expansion | the expansion of the U.S. (American territories) from the East to the West |
| black cowboys | former slaves who went west for economic reasons as well as less discrimination |
| cattle trail | a path used for transporting cattle at the turn of the century |
| Chisholm Trail | a route for driving cattle from San Antonio, Texas to Abilene, Kansas |
| Great Western Cattle Trail | a trail in Texas used to drive cattle to markets in the East |
| Wright Brothers | two brothers who invented, built, and flew the first airplane |
| George Washington Carver | former slave, inventor and botanist who encouraged crop rotation |
| Alexander Graham Bell | invented the first telephone changing the way people communicate |
| Thomas Edison | invented the first electric light bulb |