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| America's first missionary to a foreign land |
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| a person who leaves his own country to make his home in another |
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| a small route from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, that opened in 1860 |
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| a sudden rush of running around by a frightened group of cattle |
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| a traffic signal with colored lights |
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| baseball player who became a fiery preacher |
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| born a slave, but became a famous scientist who worked with plants |
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| brought the East closer to the West |
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| transcontinental railroad |
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| developed the method of turning iron ore into steel |
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| famous scientist who found many uses for peanuts |
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| how the telegraph brought the East and the West closer together |
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| people could send messages instantly |
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| invented the first successful steamboat |
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| known as the land of opportunity |
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| lawyer who became one of America's greatest revival preachers |
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| made millions of dollars in the steel industry |
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| man who founded and built Tuskegee Institute in Alabama |
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| men hired to take care of cattle |
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| one of the companies that built the transcontinental railroad |
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| only frontier that remained to be settled by the middle 1800's |
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| organized the oil industry and became the first billionaire in history |
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| piece of land that the U.S. has set aside for the Indians |
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| provided Indians with food, shelter, and clothing |
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| shoe salesman who became America's most famous evangelist |
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| state where the transcontinental railroad finished |
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| the "Father of American Missions" |
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| the act that promised 160 acres of land to anyone who would farm the land for five years |
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| the code of short and long dashes to be clicked out over the telegraph wire |
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| the first successful airplane |
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| the first successful liquid-fueled rocket |
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| the manufacturing business; a kind of work that uses factories to make things |
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| the two companies that built the transcontinental railroad |
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1. Union Pacific Company
2. Central Pacific Company |
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| two changes brought about by the transcontinental railroad |
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1. helped to settle the West
2. the East was brought closer to the West |
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| where the two tracks of the transcontinental railroad met |
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| why the Model T was so expensive |
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| It was built on an assembly line |
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