Unit 1: North American Life/Turn of the 20th Century

What President declared war on Spain?

• Theodore Roosevelt
• William McKinley
• Robert E. Lee
• Ulysses S. Grant

What was Roosevelt's army called during the Spanish-American War

• Rough Housers
• Rough Soldiers
• Rough Riders
• Rough & Tough

Why did American go to war with Spain?

• We accused them of blowing up our battleship, the U.S.S. Maine.
• We felt like it.
• Because Cuba wanted their freedom and we wanted them to have it.
• Cuba made us.

What are the names of the 3 territories that U.S. acquired along with World Power in the treaty from the Spanish-American War?

• Puerto Rico, Georgia, Cuba

• Cuba, Guam, Puerto Rico

• Puerto Rico, Guam, Cuba

• Puerto Rico, Guam, Phillipines

The Panama Canal was built during who's presidency?

• McKinley
• Roosevelt

When the production of a good is broken down into several parts, such as Ford's assembly line, with different workers performing each task, it is called ________________?

• productivity
• entrepreneurship
• division of labor
• all of the above

What happens to the price of a product when there is a surplus of it?

• price goes down
• price goes up
• price stays the same
• none of the above

 Which trail went from Texas to Nebraska and sent cattle to the Great Plains?

• Great Western Cattle Trail
• Chisholm Trail
• Trail of Tears
• Cattle Trails

These men had the first powered flight in an airplane in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. 

• George Washington Carver
• Thomas Edison
• Alexander Graham Bell 
• Wright Brothers 

This man invented over 300 products from peanuts and came up with the idea for crop rotation. 

• Thomas Edison 
• Wright Brothers
• George Washington Carver
• Alexander Graham Bell