Turn of the Century Quiz

What were the two cattle trails called that started in Texas and ended in Kansas?

• The Great Western Cattle Trail and the Chisholm Trail

• The Great Western Cattle Trail and the Kansas Trail

• The Chisholm Trail and the Kansas Trail

• The Nat Love Trail and the Bill Pickett Trail

Why did the cattle trails end in Kansas? (either Abilene or Dodge City)

• That is where the cowboys families lived

• That is where the railroads were located to take the cattle East to Chicago.

• Bleeding Kansas was the area where so many cattle were killed by the Native Americans

• Because all of the Black Cowboys were in Texas at that time.

Who invented the telephone?

• Frank Duryea

•  Frank Sprague

• Lewis Latimer

• Alexander Graham Bell

Which of the following did Thomas Edison invent?

• . the airplane

• the gasoline engine

• the phonograph

•  the electric streetcar

  
  

What are the Wright brothers most known for?

• inventing the telegraph

• inventing the motorized airplane

• inventing the telephone

• inventing crop rotation

What was George Washington Carver best known for?

• Sending the first telegraph message successfully across the U.S.

• First successful flight over the Atlantic Ocean

• His presidency in the U.S. during the Spanish-American war

• His many uses for the peanut plant and assisting farmers during planting season

How was Angel Island different from Ellis Island?

• Most people stopped there for only a few hours

• Angel Island was located on the East Coast.

• It was the main immigrant station for Chinese immigrants.

• It was the main immigrant station for European immigrants.

Immigrants often lived in communities with others from their home country because

• housing was not available in other areas.

• it was a way to help make the adjustment to the United States easier.

• . they had no interest in building new lives in the United States.

• it was illegal for them to live elsewhere.

 Most immigrants that came to the US in the early 1900’s immigrated from?

• Europe

• Asia

• South America

• Africa

The growth of big business led to all of the following EXCEPT?

• The United States became the world’s leading producer of manufactured goods.

•  Big business created millions of jobs.

• People moved by the millions to rural areas.

• By 1900, more Americans worked in factories than on farms.