Turn of the Century Vocab
Across
- 3. a trail from San Antonio,Texas to Abilene,Kansas
- 5. Inventor who made the light bulb,phonograph and microphone
- 11. A long path for cattle from San Antonio,Texas to Dodge,Kansas
- 14. Town in NC were Wright brother flew the first airplane
- 16. The sudden movement of many people to an area where gold has been found
- 17. Method cowboys use to move cattle from ranches to the North plains
- 18. Agricultural scientist and educator who taught at Tuskegee Institute Made inventions that included peanuts,sweet potatoes and other crops
- 19. name for former slaves that moved west and became free cowboys
Down
- 1. Brothers who invented the airplane
- 2. The Victory of Lakota against the U.S army
- 4. Settlers who claimed land on the great plains
- 6. Inventor of the Telephone and teacher of the deaf
- 7. Ideas that turned into inventions
- 8. land set aside for Native Americans
- 9. law offering free land to people starting new farms on the great plains
- 10. Railroad that crossed the continent
- 12. 29th president who lead a group of soliders called the Rough riders in the Spanish-American war
- 13. War between Spain and America which gave U.S land
- 15. President during Spanish-American war and sent USS Maine to Cuba to protect Cuba from Spain