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Ch 11: Nation Grows & Prospers Flashcards

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What was the land set aside by the government for the Indian tribes?

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Reservations

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Who built the first mechanical reaper?

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Cyrus McCormick

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How did the mechanical reaper benefit farmers on the plains?

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Explain to Mom or Dad

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What conflict arose between the farmers and cattle ranchers? How was it resolved?

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Free range cattle trampled and ate the farmers’ crops on the farmers’ lands. Ranchers soon realized that they must fence in large pastures to allow the cattle to graze on the ranchers’ lands.

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Explain the Homestead Act. What occurred every time the government made more land available for settlement?

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It provided 160 acres of land to any family that settled in designated areas. This led to a land rush every time the government made more land available.

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Who were three of America’s most famous evangelists in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s?

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Billy Sunday, Dwight L. Moody, Charles Finney

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Who controlled much of America’s steel industry in the late 19th century?

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Andrew Carnegie

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Who controlled much of America’s oil industry in the late 19th century?

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John D. Rockefeller

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What brought many immigrants to America in the 19th century?

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our heritage of freedom and our free economic system

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How did revivals affect the American people in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s?

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Explain to Mom or Dad

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What is an immigrant?

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a person who comes into a new country to live

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Who invented the first successful steam-driven boat?

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Robert Fulton

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What is the system of dots and dashes used to tap out letters of the alphabet and numbers over telegraph wires? Who invented it?

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Morse Code

Samuel Morse

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Who invented the telephone?

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Alexander Graham Bell

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Who is considered the greatest inventor of all time?

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Thomas Edison

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What is progress and how do inventions contribute to it?

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The process of improvement, and inventions improve our way of life

17
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Who made the automobile affordable?

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Henry Ford

18
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Who invented the traffic signal?

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Garrett A. Morgan

19
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Who invented the airplane? Which one of them flew first?

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Orville and Wilbur Wright

Orville flew first

20
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Who launched the first successful liquid-fueled rocket ever built?

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Robert Goddard

21
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How did the assembly line make cars more affordable?

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It reduced the work time needed to manufacture the car from a few days to a couple of hours

22
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What was the title and name of the man who urged our government to buy Russian America?

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Secretary of State William Seward

23
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What two crops did Americans go to Hawaii to raise?

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pineapple and sugar cane

24
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What was the American ship that mysteriously sank off the coast of Cube?

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USS Maine

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What was the group of Americans who were led by Teddy Roosevelt and played an important role in the Battle of San Juan Hill?

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Rough Riders

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How and when did the Alaska Purchase first prove to be profitable?

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during the Alaskan Gold Rush of 1896

27
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Name the two results of the Spanish American War.

A

Spain gave Cuba her freedom, and ceded the Philippines, Guam and Puerto Rico to the US in exchange for $20 million

28
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Who was James A. Garfield?

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20th President of the US, the last to be born in a log cabin, the fourth to die in office and the second to be assassinated

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What nickname is given to the US because so many immigrants have made their home here and added their influence to the country?

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melting pot

30
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Who discovered the Hawaiian Islands?

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Captain James Cook

31
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What was the largest land rush?

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Oklahoma Land Rush

32
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Who destroyed a fleet of Spanish ships during the Spanish-American War?

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Admiral George Dewey

33
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Who was Jan Erst Metzeliger?

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Inventor of the first shoe-lasting machine

34
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Who was Norbert Rillieux?

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Inventor of a sugar-refining process which greatly reduced the cost to refine sugar

35
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Who was Granville T. Woods?

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an inventor who invented various things, including a telegraph device for communication between moving trains and train stations, and automatic air brakes

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What famous Westerner was a Pony Express rider, an army scout and an Indian fighter?

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Buffalo Bill Cody

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Who was an Indian scout and town marshal known for his courage and good reputation?

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Wild Bill Hickok

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What was the name of the first successful steamboat?

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the Clermont

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