Expansion and Innovation Vocab Practice

In the dunes of windy Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, the ________ piloted the world’s first engine powered flight.

• Montgolfier Brothers

• Wright Brothers

• Smith Brothers

• Lindbergh Brothers

________ was a scientist who focused on the use of peanuts and sweet potatoes to help farmers improve soil.

• George Washington Carver

• Thomas Edison

• Albert Einstein

• Isaac Newton

The ________ was a more WESTERLY route and went even longer and further north than the Chisholm Trail.

• Santa Fe Trail

• Great Western Cattle Trail

• Oregon Trail

• California Trail

Many Chinese immigrants entered the United States through ________ in CALIFORNIA.

• Ellis Island

• Liberty Island

• Alcatraz Island

• Angel Island

The journeys guiding cattle north from Texas were called ________.

• cattle drives

• wagon trails

• railroad routes

• pioneer paths

The most used route to take cattle north was hundreds of miles long and stretched from Texas through Oklahoma and into Kansas. This was called the ________. (T.O.K)

• Oregon Trail

• Santa Fe Trail

• Chisholm Trail

• Appalachian Trail

________ created hundreds of devices including the first sound recording machine, the first movie projector, and the light bulb.

• Thomas Edison

• Nikola Tesla

• Alexander Graham Bell

• James Watt

________ and his assistant, James Watson, invented the telephone in 1876.

• Thomas Edison

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Nikola Tesla

• Guglielmo Marconi

Cattle ranchers were willing to take their cattle long distances because of ________ that would make them a higher profit back east.

• shortage of cattle

• better grazing lands

• lower transportation costs

• price incentives

A famous group of African American cowboys was called the ________.

• Buffalo Soldiers

• Tuskegee Airmen

• Black Cowboys of Texas

• Rough Riders