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Turn of the Century
Turn of the Century
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A #social studies #blind quiz to #review 5th grade standards
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1
Employers liked to hire immigrants because they
worked many hours for little pay.
could speak other languages.
came to escape persecution.
lived in unsafe conditions.
2
Which invention made it possible for factories and shops to stay open at night?
the typewriter
the electric light bulb
the oil cup
the paper bag maker
3
Which was a major cause of emigration from Europe to the United States after the Civil War?
European countries were planning on stopping emigration.
There was less farming in Europe because of factories.
The rapid growth of industry in the US provided new jobs.
Free land was promised to new settlers in the South.
4
How did inventions change people’s lives?
Inventions did not change people’s lives.
They could do more work in less time.
Businesses did not grow.
It took people more time to do things.
5
What took place in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina?
The Wright brothers flew their first plane.
The cotton gin was invented by Eli Whitney
The telephone was invented by Thomas Edison.
Robert Fulton invented the steam engine.
6
Being a cowhand was dangerous work because
they might get a sunburn.
riding all day could make a cowhand's back and legs tired.
the cowhands would sit around a campfire at night and sing.
cattle could stampede and crush the cowhands.
7
Electricity changed people's lives in the 1920s because
It ended the use of oil as a fuel for heating.
It ended the building of homes with fireplaces.
It brought a safer, cleaner form of lighting to their homes.
It ended the mining of coal to use as fuel.
8
In supply and demand,
supply
means
the same as demand.
something you give people before they ask for it.
the amount of something that people want to sell.
the amount of money people want to spend.
9
The government tried to assimilate the Indians by
not allowing them to hunt buffalo.
allowing them to speak their native languages.
not allowing them to have religious ceremonies.
making them work on the railroads.
10
How could western settlers use the railroad to make more money?
They could ship cattle and wheat to the eastern cities.
Stores in the eastern states sold more things.
They could use new machinery to grow more grain.
They could make more things in factories.
11
What is the location of the largest salt lake in the US?
The Salton Sea
The Grand Canyon
The Great Salt Lake
The Mojave Desert
12
What location matches this description: more than a mile deep and carved by the Colorado river?
The Chisholm Trail
The Grand Canyon
The Mojave Desert
The Salton Sea
13
Which location became a major center for steel production during the Industrial Revolution?
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Atlanta, Georgia
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Montgomery, Alabama
14
Name two places where battles of the Spanish-American War took place.
Spain and America
Philippine Islands and Cuba
Cuba and Italy
Panama Canal and France
15
What is the location of a famous event in which Japan attacked the US during WWII?
Montgomery, Alabama
Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
16
Why did the United States decide to build the Panama Canal?
to shorten shipping time between Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
To open a route between the Mediterranean & the Indian Ocean
In order to punish France
In order to bring the Spanish American War to an end
17
Asian immigrants
did not face prejudice.
faced more prejudice than European immigrants.
faced less prejudice than European immigrants.
faced the same amount of prejudice as European immigrants.
18
Which location is a hot and dry region of the US which includes Death Valley?
The Chisholm Trail
The Mojave Desert
The Great Plains
The Great Salt Lake
19
Where did MOST European immigrants who came to the United States in the late 1800s work?
plantations in the South
farms in the Great Plains
ships on the coast
factories in the North
20
Why did the US soldiers and Indians fight?
The soldiers wanted the Indians to live on reservations.
The Indians wanted the soldiers to build more railroads.
Schools were not built on the Indian reservations.
Indians wanted to farm. The soldiers wanted them to hunt.
21
Alexander Graham Bell's invention of the telephone changed life in America because
Transportation in farming communities became less necessary.
Opportunities for jobs increased for farm workers.
Mail service to farming communities decreased significantly.
Current information became more available for farm families.
