Social Studies Ch. 6

Guglielmo Marconi invented the ________________.

• radio

• periodic table

• vaccines

• modern dance

What made immigrants from Asia come to America?

• To go fishing

• jobs and opportunities

• To explore new lands

What caused the homesteaders return home from the west?

• They were homesick.

• They lost their land to the government.

• They had really hard living conditions.

• They became bored and had nothing else to do.

A homestead is __________.

• people who moved to the west

• an area of land that includes homes and buildings

• region that forms the edge of a settled area

• keeping people out of a place

What is "the Pony Express?"

• A mail system that carried letters.

• A place where we can ride ponies for free.

• A machine that sends and receives signals through a thin wire.

What is the definition of a patent?

• Passing thoughts or information to others.

• Something that is made for the first time.

• When people move from one country to settle in a different country.

• Something that gives the right to be the only one making or selling an invention.

Alexander Graham Bell invented the ___________________.

• telephone

• bells

• radio

The two people who created important vaccines were ________.

• Abraham Lincoln and Mrs. Sutton

• Cyrus Hall McCormick and Henry Ford

• Edward Jenner and Louis Pasteur

• Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell

True or False: Daniel Boone was a brave man because he rode a pony and started the Gold Rush.

• True

• False

Which is one example of equal rights that people wanted?

• Men wanted the right to vote.

• Workers wanted rules to keep them safe.

• Some people wanted all children to have equal educations.