Unit 5 Vocabulary
Black Cowboys African American men, freed slaves; that became cowboys and drove cattle
Cattle Trails Trails cowboys followed while driving/pushing cattle to a new location; the path they followed
Jesse Chisholm – Found the Chisholm Trail Started in Texas and ran all the way to Abilene, KS Jesse Chisholm – Found the Chisholm Trail
Great Western Trail Started in southern Texas and ran to Dodge City, KS and Ogallala, NE
Emigrated To leave one country or region to settle in another; migrate
Immigrants A person who migrates to another country; usually permanently
Ghettos An overly populated, poor section of a city; usually populated by an ethnic group due to social/economic hardships
Tenements Crowded, poorly built apartment houses
The Wright Brothers Invented the first successful airplane
Alexander Graham Bell Invented the telephone
George Washington Carver Invented crop rotation
Thomas Edison Invented the electric light bulb
William McKinley 25th president He was president during the Spanish-American War
Spanish American War Marked by the explosion of the Main (a Navy ship) in the port of Havana, Cuba
Theodore Roosevelt Former Rough Rider 26th president Made it possible to build the Panama Canal Worked for progressive reform and conservation
Panama Canal Provided an important shortcut for trading between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
Turn of the Century 19th century to the 20th century; 1899-1900