U.S. Unit 1 (1-18) Vocab

4. A period of rapid growth in the use of machines in manufacturing and production that began in the mid-1700s.
5. Barracks in California to accommodate the Asian immigrants.
7. Vast areas of grassland owned by the federal government.
9. Invented the telephone
11. A name given to Great Plains farmers.
14. A person who moves from place to place, usually in search of food or grazing land.
15. A great innovator who worked tirelessly to invent new products and to improve devices created by others
16. A way of farming dry land in which seeds are planted deep in the ground where there is some moisture.
17. Driving cattle long distances to a railroad depot for fast transport and great profit.
18. A tiny island in New York Harbor; most immigrants passed through here in about a day.

1. Method of acquiring a piece of U.S. public land by living on and cultivating it.
2. Drilled the first oil well near Titusville, Pennsylvania.
3. Congress passed high tariffs and gave vast tracts of western land and millions of dollars in loans to western railroads.
6. The grassland extending through the west-central portion of the United States.
8. Something that makes people want to leave a place or escape from a particular situation.
10. Something that attracts people to a place or an activity.
12. The total value of goods and services produced by a country during a year.
13. Multi-family apartments, usually dark, crowded, and barely meeting minimum living standards.