Turn of the 20th Century Vocabulary

Which of the following is one of Thomas Edison's inventions

• Telephone

• internet

• stagecoach

• electric light bulb

An inventor that created a device that allowed for human voices to be transmitted over wire.

• George Washington Carver

• Thomas Edison

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Wright Brothers

A type of journalism that does not report much real news with facts. It uses shocking headlines that catch people's attention to sell more newspapers.

• Yellow Journalism

• Great Western Cattle Trail

• Buffalo Soldiers

• Channel 2 News

Was a nickname given to African American soldiers who served in two U.S. Army cavalry units from 1867 to 1896.

• Rough Riders

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Buffalo Soldiers

• USS Maine

These two place were opened in 1891 to serve as immigration centers.

• Angel and Ericka

• Fantasy Island

• Angel and Ellis Island

• Chisholm trail

Was the president of the United States. He led our country during the Spanish-American War.

• Theodore Roosevelt

• George Washington Carver

• Wright brothers

• William McKinley

it is a policy (way of governing) in which large or powerful countries seek to extend their authority beyond their own borders.

• imperialism

• democracy

• freedom

• immigrant

Narrow, low-rise apartment buildings–many of them concentrated in the city's Lower East Side neighborhood–were all too often cramped, poorly lit and lacked indoor plumbing and proper ventilation.

• Cattle Trails

• Panama Canal

• USS Maine

• Tenement Housing

They were African Americans who directed cattle through rough terrain to reach the railroads.

• Buffalo Soldiers

• Black Cowboys of Texas

• Rough Riders

• Wright Brothers

A waterway that connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. The idea was formed from Theodore Roosevelt.

• Panama Canal

• Great Western Trail

• Chisholm Trail

• Spanish American War