Exploring Lenape Culture and Morris Canal History

Question 1

What was the name of the Seymour Smith House during the Foundation Era?

Accepted Answer

The Homestead

Question 2

During this time England was a Christian country. Which of the following was the only other significant faith?

Accepted Answer

Judaism

Question 3

Large logs were hollowed with fire and carving to make what?

Accepted Answer

Canoes

Question 4

Which of the following was NOT founded during the Victorian Era?

Accepted Answer

Nintendo

Question 5

What happened to the cost of goods during the Industrial Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Prices went down

Question 6

What is the Lenape word for corn?

Accepted Answer

Xaskwim

Question 7

How many states did the United States begin and end the Victorian Era with?

Accepted Answer

26-45

Question 8

Where does the saying “Pop Goes The Weasel” come from?

Accepted Answer

Clock Reel going ‘POP!’

Question 9

Where did the Morris Canal start and end?

Accepted Answer

Phillipsburg to Jersey City

Question 10

What was the average life expectancy?

Accepted Answer

40

Question 11

The wallpaper in the homestead is found in only one other building. Which is it?

Accepted Answer

White House

Question 12

What tree did the Lenape refer to as “the tree from which canoes are made”?

Accepted Answer

All of the Above

Question 13

What major invention made travel easier during the Industrial Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Steam Engines

Question 14

When did the Foundation Era start?

Accepted Answer

1967

Question 15

What caused the fall of the Morris Canal?

Accepted Answer

The use of railroads

Question 16

Where did the parents sleep Rutan Cabin?

Accepted Answer

On a rope bed

Question 17

What was the Visitor Center during the Foundation Era?

Accepted Answer

A Carriage House

Question 18

Which Native American tribe inhabited Waterloo Village?

Accepted Answer

Lenape

Question 19

Which of the following was not a writer during the Victorian Era?

Accepted Answer

T.S. Eliot

Question 20

Which music festival had its first 3 years at Waterloo?

Accepted Answer

Lollapalooza

Question 21

What was the first region in the United States to adopt industrialization?

Accepted Answer

New England

Question 22

How did the Industrial Revolution change the position of women?

Accepted Answer

It allowed them a degree of financial independence

Question 23

How long did it take to travel the whole length of the Morris Canal?

Accepted Answer

10 days

Question 24

When was the land foreclosed on by the Hackettstown Bank?

Accepted Answer

1934

Question 25

How many years did the Victorian Era last?

Accepted Answer

64 (1837-1901)

Question 26

What house was first purchased by the Foundation?

Accepted Answer

Tenant House

Question 27

What is special about the Sassafras tree?

Accepted Answer

Both A and C

Question 28

When did the Foundation Era end?

Accepted Answer

2010

Question 29

Who designed Winnakung?

Accepted Answer

The Lenape

Question 30

Who was the Morris Canal sold to in 1871?

Accepted Answer

Lehigh Valley Railroad Company

Question 31

In which country did the Industrial Revolution begin?

Accepted Answer

Great Britain

Question 32

Other than transportation through the canal and railways, what else did Waterloo contribute to the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Iron

Question 33

Which of the following was NOT a new invention during this era?

Accepted Answer

Space Telescope (1609)

Question 34

What was used to keep flies out of the house in the Rutan Cabin?

Accepted Answer

Tansy

Question 35

When did the Morris Canal reach its full potential?

Accepted Answer

Industrial Revolution

Question 36

What were the two main products that were shipped along the Morris Canal?

Accepted Answer

Iron and Coal

Question 37

Who was the Victorian Era named after?

Accepted Answer

Queen Victoria

Question 38

What major invention during the Industrial Revolution boosted the American economy?

Accepted Answer

Cotton Gin

Question 39

Who was Percy Leach?

Accepted Answer

Owner of the Waterloo Foundation

Question 40

During the Victorian Era the United States had the bloodiest conflict in its history, which was…?

Accepted Answer

Civil War

Question 41

Why is Waterloo considered a unique interpretive site along the Morris Canal?

Accepted Answer

Place where the public can explore a canal town that has been preserved

Question 42

What was one of the first uses of the steam engine?

Accepted Answer

To pump water out of coal mines

Question 43

How far did the Morris Canal extend?

Accepted Answer

110 Miles

Question 44

Why did the Foundation Era end?

Accepted Answer

Bankruptcy

Question 45

How did the Industrial Revolution affect the system of labor?

Accepted Answer

Wage labor became prevalent

Question 46

In what year was the land at Waterloo foreclosed on by the Hackettstown Bank?

Accepted Answer

1934

Question 47

How did the Industrial Revolution affect migration of people?

Accepted Answer

People migrate to the cities

Question 48

Where did the sayings “Sleep tight, don’t let the bed bugs bite” and “Hit the hay” come from?

Accepted Answer

The mattress support was made of rope and used a turn key to tighten

Question 49

Why did the Smith Family lose $2000 in 1866?

Accepted Answer

A fire started at the forge that they owned

Question 50

What year did Henry Hudson make contact with the Lenape?

Accepted Answer

1609

Question 51

What was the hearth/fireplace for?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 52

Which fibers did Lenape use to make cordage?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 53

Which of these was NOT invented during the Industrial Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Typewriter

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