Turn of the Century Review

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Thomas Edison is most known for inventing

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the lightbulb

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Alexander Graham Bell is most known for inventing...

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the telephone

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Cowboys used the Chisholm trail from San Antonio to which city?

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Abilene

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Cattle trails started in Texas and ended in Kansas. Why did cowboys stop in Kansas?

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Kansas had railroads.

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What is a common reason people immigrated to the United States during the Turn of the Century?

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there were better opportunities for jobs and wealth

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George Washington Carver is most known for

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developing many new uses for plants such as peanuts

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Freed slaves became cowboys because they were treated and paid equally to white cowboys.

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they were treated and paid equally to white cowboys

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One result of the Spanish American war was

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The United States began to rise as a world power

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As a result of the Spanish-American War, the United States gained the territories of...
Options: Guam, Georgia, and Florida; Texas, Puerto Rico, and Mexico; Cuba, Spain, and Mexico; Guam, Puerto Rico, and Philippines

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Guam, Puerto Rico, and Philippines

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What happened to the USS Maine?

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It exploded mysteriously.