Life at the Turn of the Century

Life at the Turn of the Century

9th - 12th Grade

30 Qs

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Social Studies

9th - 12th Grade

Hard

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Ian Heilman

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Who invented the first airplane that could successfully hold a human and an engine in 1903.

Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas Edison
George Washington Carver
The Wright Brothers

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Where was the first flight

Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
Fort Sumter, South Carolina
Charlotte, North Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Which of the following was NOT one of the main reasons people immigrated to the United States?

To have the opportunity to earn more money

To keep their family together

To have religious freedom

To escape famine, natural disaster, war, and persecution

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What new invention made taller buildings more practical for inhabitants?

steel frames

urban planning

immigrant labor

elevators

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A major reason for the emergence of a “consumer culture” in the 1920s was that

the Federal Government encouraged labor to unionize

advertising and installment payments encouraged buying

minimum-wage laws expanded buying power

enforcement of antitrust laws resulted in higher prices

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How did leisure pursuits change after the world became industrialized?

Husbands and wives worked together and played together.

People pursued leisure activities separately from work.

Families enjoyed themselves whenever they were home together.

Work and leisure took place at the same time.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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-Born into slavery on a plantation in Virginia -Believed equality could be achieved through vocational education -Organized the Tuskegee Institute for agricultural and industrial education

W.E.B. Du Bois
Rosa Parks
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Booker T. Washington

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