Important U.S. Places

5th Grade

Salton Sea

• The Salton Sea is an• inland saline lake, part• of the larger Colorado• Desert in Southern• California, USA.• One of the world's largest• inland seas, Salton Sea was• created by accident in 1905• when increased flooding on• the Colorado River allowed• water to crash through canal• barriers and for the next 18• months the entire flow of the• Colorado River rushed• downhill into the Salton• Trough.

By the time engineers werefinally able to stop thebreaching water in 1907,the Salton Sea had beenborn - 45 miles long and 20miles wide - equaling 110miles of shoreline.

The Chisholm Trail• The "Chisholm Trail" was a• dirt trail used in the latter 19th• century to drive cattle• overland from ranches in• Texas to Kansas railheads.• The trail stretched form• southern Texas across the• Red River, and on the• railhead of the Kansas• Pacific Railway in Abilene,• Kansas, where the cattle• would be sold and shipped• eastward.

The Chisholm Trail

• The trail is named for• Jesse Chisholm who had• built several trading posts in• what is now western• Oklahoma before the• American Civil War. He• died in 1868, too soon to• ever drive cattle on the trail.

The Great Western Trail

• The Great Western Cattle• Trail - also known as the• Dodge City Trail and the• Old Texas Trail - was• utilized from 1874 for the• movement of cattle to• markets East. The trail• began at Bandera, Texas• and ended, most often, in• Dodge City, Kansas.

The Great Western Trail

• The entire trail extended• from southern Texas to the• Canadian border. Between• 10 and 12 million cattle• were driven north from• Texas into Dodge City. It• was the western branch of• the Chisholm Trail.

The Grand Canyon

• The Grand Canyon is a• steep-sided gorge carved• by the Colorado River in• the U.S. state of Arizona. It• is largely contained within• the Grand Canyon• National Park - one of the• first national parks in the U.S.A.

The Grand Canyon

• President Theodore• Roosevelt was a major• proponent of preservation of• the Grand Canyon area,• and visited on numerous• occasions to hunt and enjoy• the scenery.

The Great Salt Lake• Great Salt Lake, located in• the northern part of the U.S.• state of Utah, is the largest• salt lake in the western• hemisphere, the fourth largest• terminal lake in the• world, and the 37th largest• lake on Earth.

The Mojave Desert• The Mojave Desert, locally• referred to as the High• Desert, occupies a• significant portion of• southern California and• smaller parts of central• California, southwestern• Utah, southern Nevada,• and northwestern Arizona,• in the United States.

The Mojave Desert• It is named after the

• Mohave tribe of Native

• Americans. The Mojave

• Desert receives less than

• 10 inches (250mm) of rain a

• year.

Kitty Hawk

• Kitty Hawk was made• famous on December 17,• 1903, when the Wright• brothers made the first• controlled, powerd airplane• flights four miles (6 km)• away near the sand dunes• known as the Kill Devil• Hills.

Pittsburgh

• The growth of Pittsburgh• and its economy was• caused by the extensive• trade of steel. The• American Civil War• boosted the city's economy• with increased production of• iron and armaments.

Pittsburgh

• Steel production began by• 1875, when Andrew• Carnegie founded a• company, which eventually• evolved into the Carnegie• Steel Company. During• World War II, Pittsburgh• produced 95 million tons of• steel.

Gettysburg, PA

• During the Civil War, after stopping two more attacks on Richmond, General Lee, the leader of the Confederacy, decided to invade the Union again. He marched north into Pennsylvania. The Union army met Lee’s soldiers on July 1, 1863 near the town of Gettysburg.

Gettysburg

Gettysburg

• For two days the armies battled back and forth. On the third day, Lee ordered a final attack. Nearly 14,000 Confederate soldiers charged across open fields towards the Union army.

Gettysburg

• The Union army was ready. They stopped the attack with rifle and cannon fire. The heavy fire killed or wounded about half of the Confederate soldiers. Lee’s weakened army had to retreat. The Union army won the battle of Gettysburg.

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

• On December 7th, 1941, Japanese airplanes bombed Pearl Harbor, a U.S. naval base in Hawaii. The U.S. Pacific fleet suffered terrible damage and thousands of soldiers and sailors died. American President Franklin Roosevelt called for war against Japan. He told Congress that the day of the attack was “a date which will live in infamy.”(something that is shocking and evil)

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

• What a site this must have been.

Montgomery, Alabama

• In Montgomery, Alabama, buses were segregated. African Americans had to sit in the back of the bus. In 1955 Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the crowded bus and go to the back. The police arrested Parks.

Montgomery, Alabama

• Bus Boycott

Montgomery, Alabama

• Members of Rosa Parks’ church organized a protest which was led by Martin Luther King Jr. They asked all African Americans in Montgomery to boycott, or stop using, the buses. For over a year, the city’s African Americans walked, rode, bikes, and shared cars. In 1956 the Supreme Court ruled that segregation on buses was illegal.

Montgomery, Alabama

• Martin Luther King Jr. led the Montgomery Bus Boycott.