Set 1: Westward Expansion
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| westward expansion | the nation continued to grow and needed more property, so the government decided to send people westward
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| cattle trail | a trail over which cattle were driven to market
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| Chisholm Trail | a cattle trail from that ran from San Antonio, Texas to Abilene, Kansas
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| Great Western Cattle Trail | a cattle and horse trail that ran from Texas up to the Dakotas to meet the railroads to have them shipped to the east
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| black cowboys | African-Americans, some that were former slaves, that chose to work on cattle ranches after the civil war
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| Wright Brothers | made the first powered flight in an airplane
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| George Washington Carver | created products from sweet potatoes and peanuts and also made contributions to crop rotation (growing different crops and switching each season)
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| Alexander Graham Bell | invented the telephone which increased communication among people all over the world
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| Thomas Edison | the light bulb is his most famous invention, but he had over 1,000 patents that included movie film cameras and the phonogragh (record player)
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