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