Name: _____________________________
Turn of the Century in America
Part 1: Cattle Trails & Cowboys (p151-152)
1. What was the land like in the West? _________________
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2. Why were cattle so important to western ranchers?
3. Where was the greatest demand for beef?
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4. What did this do to the price of cattle there?
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5. What problem did this create for ranchers in Texas?
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6. How was this problem solved?
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7. What is a “cow town”? (Also known as Railhead)
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8. How did the cattle get from the cow town to markets in the East? _____________________________________________
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Use the link to answer the questions about the Chisholm Trail:
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/wwww/us/chisholmtraildef.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06P-ERCA17M
9. What was the Chisholm Trail? __________________________________________________________________________________________
10. Where was it located? _____________________________________________
Use the link to answer the questions about the Great Western Trail:
http://www.kansashistory.us/westerntrail.html
11. What were some other names for the Great Western Trail? _____________________________________________
12. Why was it used? _____________________________________________
13. Where was it located? _____________________________________________
14. Label the Chisholm Trail in red.
15. Label the Great Western Cattle Trail in blue.
16. Use the link to view the different jobs of a cattle drive. Write a paragraph about the job you would want and why.
http://www.cartermuseum.org/edu_guides/smith/resources/jobs_activitypage.htm
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17. Name 5 reasons why cattle drives ended.
http://www.oklahomahomeschool.com/OKHsampleUnit7.html#cattle (Notes for Topic 2: Cattle Drives)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history/shp/americanwest/cattleranchingrev1.shtml (1885-1890: The end of the 'open range'
a. __________________________________
b. __________________________________
c. __________________________________
d. __________________________________
e. __________________________________
Black Cowboys: use the link to answer the questions
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/arb01
http://www.geni.com/projects/Black-Cowboys/1986
18. What were some of the jobs that black cowboys had? __________________________________________________________________________________________
19. Why was there an increase in black cowboys after the Civil War?__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
20. What percentage of cowboys was black? __________
Part 2: Inventions and Inventors
*The Wright Brothers ________________
· Answer the questions from the video and the provided link.
· http://www.ducksters.com/biography/wright_brothers.php
1. Where did the Wright brothers grow up? _____________________________________________
2. What was their invention and what was special about it? __________________________________________________________________________________________
3. How did they become interested in this? __________________________________________________________________________________________
4. Where and when did the first flight take place? _____________________________________________
5. Why did they choose this place to test their invention? __________________________________________________________________________________________
6. How long did the first flight last? ___________________
7. What did they figure out that helped their flight last longer but they didn’t want anyone else to know about? _____________________________________________
8. Why didn’t their father want them to fly together? _____________________________________________
9. How did their invention change American life? __________________________________________________________________________________________
10. Locate Kitty Hawk, North Carolina on the map.
*George Washington Carver _____________
· Use the videos and link to answer the questions.
· http://www.ducksters.com/biography/george_washington_carver.php
o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdz8XTNttdc
1. George Washington Carver was born a ______________ in the state of ____________________.
2. Why did he have to travel to go to school? _____________________________________________
3. What were his favorite subjects? _____________________________________________
4. What is a botanist? _____________________________________________
5. He was a scientist and a __________________________.
6. What is crop rotation? __________________________________________________________________________________________
7. He came up with several uses for the peanut, including __________________________________________________________________________________________
8. Why was he called “The Farmer’s Best Friend” in the South? __________________________________________________________________________________________
9. When is George Washington Carver Day? ______________
10. How did his work change American life? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
*Alexander Graham Bell ________________
· Use the video and link to answer the questions.
· http://www.ducksters.com/biography/alexander_graham_bell.php
1. Where was he from? ___________________________
2. Why was he interested in the science of sound? _____________________________________________
3. His famous invention was the _____________________.
4. What were some of his other inventions? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
5. He formed the Bell Telephone Company, but the name changed many times. Today is it known as _____________.
6. When he died, what happened to honor him? _____________________________________________
7. How did his invention change American life? __________________________________________________________________________________________
*Thomas Edison
· Use the video and the link to answer the questions.
· http://www.ducksters.com/biography/thomas_edison.php
1. Where was he from? ___________________________
2. Why might he be considered the greatest inventor in history? ______________________________________________________________________________________________
3. How did he develop so many inventions? (Menlo Park) ______________________________________________________________________________________________
4. Which company did he start that is still a major company today? _________________________________________
5. How did he become interested in communications? ______________________________________________________________________________________________
6. What were his three most famous inventions? _______________________________________________
7. How did his inventions help change American life? _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Part 3: Expanding America’s Role in the World
* War with Spain (pages 192-194)
1. Define Imperialism: ______________________________
2. _________________ and ____________________ were Spain’s only two colonies left in the Western Hemisphere.
3. Why did Americans support Cuba in gaining independence from Spain?
a. ___________________________________________
b. ___________________________________________
c. ___________________________________________
4. The U.S. offered to buy Cuba from Spain, but Spain refused. Why did the U.S. declare war on Spain? _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
5. This war is known as the ______________________________________________.
6. It began on _________________________, and it ended on ____________________________.
7. What is an armistice? _______________________________________________
8. This war helped America become a __________________.
9. As part of the peace treaty, Spain had to give the U.S. _____________________________________________________________________________________________.
10. ___________________ and _________________ are still territories of the U.S. today.
* William McKinley
http://www.ducksters.com/biography/uspresidents/williammckinley.php
http://www.biography.com/people/william-mckinley-9393177
1. William McKinley is best known for ____________________________________________.
2. Before he became president, McKinley fought in the _____________ War.
3. As president, he wanted America to become a _________________________.
4. During his presidency, he is also known for __________________________________ and ____________________________________________.
5. When his Vice President died, _____________________________ became his new vice president.
6. McKinley was popular and re-elected as president. Six months later, _________________________________.
7. McKinley is on the $______ dollar bill.
*Theodore Roosevelt
http://www.ducksters.com/biography/uspresidents/theodoreroosevelt.php
http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=33768
1. He is also known as __________________.
2. His most famous quote was ________________________________________________.
3. After his wife and mother died, he became a _____________.
4. He became a war hero in the Spanish American War when he gathered a volunteer group called the ____________________ who helped America to win the war.
5. Teddy Roosevelt became president when _______________________________________________.
6. He worked hard as president to ______________________
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7. He was known as the “Trustbuster” because he broke up trusts or monopolies that kept wages ________ and prices ________.
8. He made the U.S. a police power in the West. He promised to protect countries in _______________________________________________.
9. ________________________ was another focus during his presidency. He set aside large areas of land for national parks and public use. http://www.nationalparks.org/explore-parks/theodore-roosevelt-national-park?gclid=CJG6uc_C2LoCFcnm7AodThsA_g
10. He also saw to it that the ___________________________ was built.
*The Panama Canal
(pages 196-197)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hitvIsDnxeg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5M4yMqE-D48
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hADHVkE_zdI
1. The Panama Canal is located in ___________________________________________.
2. The Panama Canal connects the _____________ and ______________ Oceans.
3. Name 4 reasons the U.S. wanted to build the Panama Canal.
a. ______________________________________
b. ______________________________________
c. ______________________________________
d. ______________________________________
4. The ______________ were the first to try building this canal, but they failed because of ________________ carried by __________________.
5. The U.S. began building the Panama Canal in ____________. It took _____ years to complete.
6. When the U.S. began building the canal, one of the first steps they took was to ___________________________________________.
7. The Panama Canal cost the U.S. $_______________ and ____________________ lives.
Part 4: Immigration
(Pages 166-167)
1. Define immigrant: _______________________________
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2. Between 1860 and 1910, _________________ immigrants came to the United States.
3. Immigrants from Europe settled mostly in the cities of the ______________ and _______________.
4. Immigrants from Asia, Mexico, Central and South America settled mostly in the _____________.
5. Immigrants played an important part in the growth of _________________ and __________________ in America.
6. Immigrants from _______________ were the largest groups of immigrants to come to the United States.
7. These immigrants helped to :
a. __________________________________
b. __________________________________
c. __________________________________
8. Why did they come to the U.S.? _____________________________________________
9. Most of them settled in cities with people from the same _________________ with the same ________________.
10. Why did young children have to work? _____________________________________________
11. Why was America known as “The Melting Pot”?
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(Pages 168-169)
12. What brought Chinese immigrants to the U.S. ? _____________________________________________
13. Why did they work for such low wages?
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14. Immigrants from Asia (China, Japan) mostly lived in ___________________________.
15. Define prejudice: _____________________________________________
16. Why did some Americans react harshly to immigrants?
a. _________________________________________
b. _________________________________________
17. Because of Anti-immigrant groups, Congress passed laws to _______________________________________. The Chinese Exclusion Act kept out all new Chinese workers for _____ years.
(pages 170-171)
18. Many African Americans moved ____________ or ________________ because of the lack of jobs and schools in the South.
19. The time period when many African Americans moved North is called the ______________________________.
20. This time period was from __________ to ________.
Part 5: Effects of Expansion on Native Americans
http://www.kidsencyclopedia.info/history/america/30_battle-of-little-big-horn.html
1. The Battle of Little Bighorn was also known as ____________________________________________.
2. This battle was located by the _________________________ River in the territory that is now the state of ________________________.
3. Define reservation: ______________________________
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4. Why did the white men want this Indian land? __________
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5. Trouble began when Indians were ordered off of the land, but they _____________________________________.
6. What two Indian tribes were involved? _______________
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7. The U.S. leader was _______________________ , and the Indian tribes were led by chiefs ______________________ and ___________________.
8. Custer was warned about the Indians, but he __________
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9. What was the effect of this decision on Custer and his men? ________________________________________
10. How did the newspapers report this? ____________
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11. What happened because of the newspaper reports? ______
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