1. Unit 5
Vocabulary

2. Black Cowboys
African American men, freed slaves; that became cowboys and drove cattle

3. Cattle Trails
Trails cowboys followed while driving/pushing cattle to a new location; the path they followed

4. Jesse Chisholm – Found the Chisholm Trail
Started in Texas and ran all the way to Abilene, KS
Jesse Chisholm – Found the Chisholm Trail

5. Great Western Trail
Started in southern Texas and ran to Dodge City, KS and Ogallala, NE

6. Emigrated
To leave one country or region to settle in another; migrate

7. Immigrants
A person who migrates to another country; usually permanently

8. Ghettos
An overly populated, poor section of a city; usually populated by an ethnic group due to social/economic hardships

9. Tenements
Crowded, poorly built apartment houses

10. The Wright Brothers
Invented the first successful airplane

11. Alexander Graham Bell
Invented the telephone

12. George Washington Carver
Invented crop rotation

13. Thomas Edison
Invented the electric light bulb

14. William McKinley 25th president
He was president during the Spanish-American War

15. Spanish American War
Marked by the explosion of the Main (a Navy ship) in the port of Havana, Cuba

16. Theodore Roosevelt Former Rough Rider 26th president
Made it possible to build the Panama Canal
Worked for progressive reform and conservation

17. Panama Canal
Provided an important shortcut for trading between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

18. Turn of the Century
19th century to the 20th century;