Music in Early America

True or False? Native Americans passed their music on through a system of music notation.

• True

• False

Which of the following instruments was NOT an early Native American instrument?

• Flute

• Drum

• Cymbal

• Rattle

What instrument did George Washington play?

• Violin

• Flute

• Harp

• Guitar

What instrument did Benjamin Franklin invent that Mozart wrote music for?

• Glass harmonica

• Guitar

• Harp

• Violin

Which group of immigrants to the US influenced the Tejano/ Tex-Mex style of music?

• Irish

• French

• English

• German

Which side had more musicians and bands during the Civil War?

• Union

• Confederacy

Why did the South not have access to many brass instruments during the Civil War?

• There was a metal shortage in the South

• The instrument factories were in the North

• The North cut off supplies to the South

• All of the above

True or False? The songbooks of the Union and the Confederacy were mostly the same.

• True

• False

True or False? The North and South would use the same song melodies but sometimes change the lyrics to match their side.

• True

• False

All of the following are folk songs from the Civil War era EXCEPT:

• "Hard Tack"

• "You Are My Sunshine"

• "Battle Hymn of the Republic"

• "Johnny Goes Marching Home"