GA SS Milestone Review

Which of the following was the most common reason for people to immigrate to the United States

• to learning farming methods

• to live in big cities

• to find religious freedom

• to ride on cattle trails

What event related to the USS Maine signaled the beginning of the Spanish-American War

• the ship stalled

• the ship exploded

• ship's voyage was canceled

• the ship's flag was removed

What was of interest to Alexander Graham Bell and led him to invent the telephone?

• ways to earn money

• changing the world

• deaf people

• calling his mother

Which best describes the treatment of African America cowboys by other cowboys?

• little interest

• concern over timiliness

• jealousy about work

• less harsh discrimnation

Which statement best describe the cattle trails?

• cattle all ran together on cattle trails because there was no way to separate them

• Texas was able to recover from the Civil War because of money from the cattle trade

• People in business has little interest in supplying cattle to people in the East or Eurioe

• Millions of cattle were moved on the Chisholm Trail and the Great Western Cattle Trail

• Cattle trails generally started in the East and traveled west to Oklahoma and Kansas

Why was George Washington Carver important in American history?

• he invented the telephone

• he created the light bulb

• he taught a new way to farm

• he figured out a new way to play music

Who first developed the idea for the League of Nations?

• Archduke Franz Ferdinand

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Woodrow Wilson

• William McKinley

What were new technologies used during WWI? Choose 3

• submarines

• rifles

• mustard gas

• armored tanks

• cannons

Why are the 1920s sometimes referred to as the "Roaring Twenties"?

• immigration and foreign trade increased

• reforms in government led to greater freedom

• widespread social and economic changes occurred

• The United States began to take a more active role in world affairs

Who first made the music called jazz?

• factory workers

• enslaved African Americans

• rural farmers

• WWI soldiers