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| Chisholm Trail | Cattle drive from Texas to Kansas where there were large cattle yards that bought the cattle. There were also train routes to transport the cattle to the other major cities. |
| Pittsburgh | located in Pennsylvania between three major rivers. These rivers provided easy transportation. The mountains around Pittsburgh provided mines for metals that were turned into steel. Since the iron needed to be made into steel factories were built creating jobs and attracting people. |
| Chicago, Illinois | Located near the Great Lakes the waters provided easy and cheap transportation. It was also a hub for trains thus providing another form of transportation. The ease of transportation led to many jobs and businesses which attracted people. |
| Major Cities | Usually built near water or other forms of transportation like trains. Major cities also have access to natural resources that could be turned into other items in factories. The factories created jobs which attracted people. |
| Panama Canal | Man made river that was created to connect the Pacific and Atlantic Ocean. This made travel and trade much cheaper and more economical. |
| Voluntary Exchange | the act of buyers and sellers freely and willingly engaging in market transactions. Moreover, transactions are made in such a way that both the buyer and the seller are better off after the exchange than before it occurred |
| Pearl Harbor | Naval base in Hawaii that was the closest US base to Japan during WW2 |
| Kitty Hawk, NC | Wright brothers flew a plane for first time |
| William Mckinley and Teddy Roosevelt | Responsible for coming up with the idea for canal and getting it built |
| Reasons people emigrated from Europe to America | Economic prosperity, more jobs, religious freedom, and political freedom from bad governments |
| Iwo Jima (Famous statue of Marines putting USA flag on a hill) | The Battle of Iwo Jima was the American capture of the Japanese island of Iwo Jima during the Pacific Campaign of World War II. The USA needed to capture Iwo Jima to be able to defeat Japan. |
