Turn of the Century Test Review

Thomas Edison is most known for inventing

• the telephone

• electricity

• the lightbulb

• indoor plumbing

Alexander Graham Bell is most known for inventing...

• the telephone

• the light bulb

• the telegraph

• the internet

Cowboys used the Chisholm trail from San Antonio to which city?

• Nebraska

• Abilene

• Kansas

• Atlanta

Cattle trails started in Texas and ended in Kansas. Why did cowboys stop in Kansas?

• Kansas was close to the ocean and made transport of cattle easy

• Kansas had railroads

• Kansas had steamboats

• Kansas was a fun place to stop

George Washington Carver is most known for

• developing many ways to use electricity

• developing many new uses for plants such as peanuts

• developing cattle drives

• inventing the telephone

Freed slaves became cowboys because

• they thought cattle drives and cowboy lives were easy

• they could own land as a cowboy

• they were treated and paid equally to white cowboys

• they couldn't find work doing anything else

One result of the Spanish American war was

• Spain gained control of Cuba

• Cuba became a U.S. state

• The United States lost Texas

• The United States began to rise as a world power

As a result of the Spanish-American War, the United States gained the territories of...

• Guam, Georgia, and Florida

• Texas, Puerto Rico, and Mexico

• Cuba, Spain, and Mexico

• Guam, Puerto Rico, and Philippines

What happened to the USS Maine?

• Spain stole it

• Germans bombed it

• It was the first boat to sail through the Panama Canal

• It exploded mysteriously

Where did the Wright Brothers take their first flight?

• Atlanta, Georgia

• Abilene, Kansas

• Kitty Hawk, North Carolina

• Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania