| A | B |
|---|
| Physical features of the Great Plains | low rainfall, frequent dust storms and droughts, flat |
| Great Plains attracted many settlers because of the | Homestead Act |
| Growing wheat on the Great Plains was possible | Russian wheat, needed less water |
| Transcontinental railroad | moved natural resources to facories in the east |
| This region had an expansion of its textile industry | Northeast |
| Southeast states | Virginia, Tennessee, Florida, Georgia |
| Midwest states | Kansas, Indiana, North Dakota, Iowa |
| Pacific states | Oregon, Washington, California |
| Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis are in the | Midwest |
| The west offered a new beginning to | former slaves |
| Immigrants come to America for | better lives |
| Alexander Graham Bell | telephone |
| Americans moved from rural to urban areas b/c | jobs in specualized industries |
| indian reservations were located mostly in | the Great Plains and west |
| Leaders present at Battle of Little Bighorn | Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, Custer |
| "I am tired of fighting...I will fight no more | Chief Joseph |
| Poor, crowded, unhealthy describe | tenements |
| Ghettos were usually divided by | immigrant groups |
| To be made aware of items to buy | Advertising |
| Examples of big business | steel, oil, railroads |
| A result of mechanization in farming was | reduced labor needs |
| Rapidly growing industries required | more labor in urban areas |
| Negative effects of industrialization | child labor, low wages, long hours |
| Discrimination using "Jim Crow" laws was based on | race |
| Andrew Carnegie | steel |
| John D. Rockefeller | oil |
| Cornelius Vanderbilt | railroads |
| Henry Ford | automobiles |
| Abraham Lincoln believed | we are ONE nation made up of many states |
| Change from an agriculture to industrial based society is known as | the industrial revolution |
| Robert E. Lee urged his fellow southerners to | accept defeat and reunite with the North |
| Frederick Douglass | runaway slave who became a leading abolitionist |
