| A | B |
| Reason first Americans came to North America | Hunting large mammals like the mammoth |
| What was America's greates resource in the 1700s and 1800s | land |
| What did the pioneers do with their new land | start farms |
| Why did the population grow rapidly in California in 1849? | the discovery of gold |
| What did pioneers of the Southwest do for a living | raise livestock (Cattle, sheep, horses) |
| rural | small towns and farms |
| urban | large cities |
| What changed life in America during the late 1800s and 1900s | technology |
| By 1920, what did thousands of people do? | left the farm life to move to cities for jobs in factories |
| List three technological advances that greatly changed America | railroad, factories, steel making |