Telephone (Alexander Graham Bell...Think Bellsouth)

Light Bulb (Thomas Edison)

Telegraph (Sam Morse)

Steel Industry

Bessemer Process

Oil Business

Monopoly

America v. Spain

Spain surrenderred to America in August of 1898.

America was becoming more powerful and wanted more land. 

Think Yellow Journalism (imbellishing the story so that your audience is captivated more.  This is decietful.)

Helped get cattle and other goods that were prevalent in Texas to other parts of the United States.

Great Western Cattle Trail

Chisholm Trail

Cowhands and Cattle Ranchers spent months driving (these men were actually walking) the cattle toward the railhead for the cattle to be shipped to other parts of the country.

Impacted life in the 19th century by flying the first successful flight out of Kitty Hawk, NC.

Their efforts helped airplanes to be more widely used and for goods to travel within and outside of a country faster.

Colonel of the Rough Riders when he fought in the Spanish-American War

Took the presidential office with President William McKinley was killed.

Sought the building of the Panama Canal 

He was a progressive president.

Colonel of the Rough Riders when he fought in the Spanish-American War