Test 6

The purpose of the International Meridian Conference was to establish time zones around the ____.

Angel Island was a former entry port for immigration on which coast of the US?

What ship sank on its first voyage after hitting an iceberg?

Where was the first center of skyscraper architecture?

What is a manufacturing business that uses factories to produce products?

A narrow strip of land which connects 2 larger bodies of land:

What did Dwight L. Moody start in Chicago?

What was the purpose of the Spanish-American War?

Highest point of a mountain; a mountain that has a pointed top:

After the Spanish-American War, what island belonged to the United States?s

Who developed the assembly line?

Who invented the telephone?

What is the strip of land connecting North America and South America called?

How did Henry Ford build the Model T?

Where was the location of America’s first subway system?

Deep, narrow valley with steep sides:

Who invented the phonograph to record sound?

Clara Barton and the Red Cross helped many people after the _______.

Before becoming president of the US, who was sent to the Philippines to set up their government?

A lowland between hills or mountains:

Who brought the steel industry to America?

What construction project connected the Great Lakes to New York City and the Atlantic Ocean by way of the Hudson River?

What amusement park is called “Poor Man’s Paradise”?

What island did not become a territory of the United States as a result of the Spanish-American War?

What are people called who leave their own country to make their home in another country?

Who was the first president to be elected again after another president served?

A flat or level area of land:

Wilbur and Orville Wright used a gasoline engine to make the first successful _________.

Why did so many immigrants come to America?

Who launched the first successful liquid-fuel rocket?

Who founded Standard Oil Company?

Who invented the steamboat?

During the Spanish-American War, who was ordered to capture or destroy the Spanish Pacific fleet?

What was the most well–known entry port for immigration to the US in the New York Harbor?

Elevation; height above sea level:

Be able to name each label.

Who completed the Panama Canal?

During the ____________, the government was focused on being more efficient and better meeting the desires of voters.

Be able to name each label.

What act was written to prevent Chinese laborers from entering the US?

What American victory helped the US to win the Spanish-American War?

What were created to protect children from dangerous jobs and long working hours?

A gently raised area of the earth’s surface small than a mountain:

Who led the Rough Riders as part of the American victory at the Battle of San Juan Hill?

What was the location of a hurricane that caused the deadliest natural disaster in United States history?

During the ____________, people often placed man’s ideas over God’s truths.

Piece of land completely surrounded by water:

What was the slogan of the Americans in favor of the Spanish-American War?

What was the location of a large earthquake which caused severe fires that destroyed the city?

Location of 1st successful airplane flight:

Piece of land nearly surrounded by water:

Garrett Morgan’s invention of the _____ saved many lives during WWI.

Many cities use a _____ for public transportation.

An opening in the earth’s surface from which hot water and steam shoot up at certain times:

What was the name of the man who was a famous baseball player who later became an evangelist?

Line where the sky seems to meet the earth:

Inventors protect their design ideas with a _____ to prove the ownership of their inventions.