Social Studies Unit 1 - Life at the Turn of the Century

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Across
  1. 2. One of the four foreign territories gained by the United States winning the Spanish American War
  2. 4. City had a great fire that destroyed over 17,000 buildings and around 200 people died
  3. 6. Invention that was created to help people communicate with each other over long distances
  4. 7. People who moved from one country to another for freedom, new jobs, or to escape disease
  5. 8. This city was home to many steel mills
  6. 9. People who moved out west after the Civil War for a new life
  7. 10. Journeys taken to drive herds of cattle to markets were known as ______ drives
  8. 12. Was a part of a group called the Rough Riders during the Spanish American War and later became president
  9. 14. The ______ trail was a cattle trail that ran from Texas, north through Kansas
  10. 17. A man-made waterway that allows boats to travel faster
  11. 18. Texas fever caused by _____ was one reason why cattle drives came to an end
  12. 19. A person who starts their own business
  13. 20. The number of seconds the Wright Brothers plane flew for at Kitty Hawk
Down
  1. 1. Invented by Thomas Edison to record spoken word and sound
  2. 3. Boat that mysteriously exploded in the Cuban Harbor starting the Spanish American War
  3. 4. George Washington ______ was a scientist who created crop rotation method
  4. 5. The Great _______ Cattle Trail ran from Texas to Kansas but ended in Dodge City
  5. 8. The Panama Canal allowed boats to get from the _______ to the Atlantic Ocean quickly
  6. 11. George Washington Carver came up with over 300 uses for this crop
  7. 13. The destination many cowboys were taking their cattle to so they could be sold for money
  8. 15. Pioneer homes were often made out of trees or ________
  9. 16. The 25th president who wanted to expand the United States for foreign resources