Chapter 6

Jonas Salk administered vaccines against what disease?

Answer explanation

Polio Virus

What are two new developments in the arts in the early 1900s

Answer explanation

Martha Graham- Founder of Modern Dance. Her dance style focused on emotion and human experiences

Jacob Lawerence- African American Painter that depicted African American life and history by using blacks and browns with contrasting bright colors. His painting portrayed everyday life in a unique style of realism

Louis Armstrong- He transformed Jazz by highlighting a soloist instead of an ensemble. Popularized scat singing

John Roebling was famous for________________________

• Creating the Polio vaccine

• Realism Art

• Building the Brooklyn Bridge

• Scat singing

Why did many of the homesteaders that moved west after 1862 decide to leave and return to their home

• They couldn't afford to buy land or build a house

• They were forced to leave by the Homestead Act

• They weren't allowed to build a house on the land

• They couldn't withstand the harsh living conditions

What is the route of this mp?

• Erie Canal

• Oregon Trail

• Lewis and Clark

• National Road

What was the effect of the Polio Vaccine ?

Answer explanation

The Vaccine made by Salk helped people's bodies learn how to fight off the polio virus. It saved many people.

How did the invention of cars change people's lives?

• It helped new businesses sell products

• it was sold on assembly lines

• It allowed people to travel easier and faster

• It helped farmers cut grain faster

In the 1800s, many new modes of transportation helped settlers to move west. Many were in search of land of their own to farm. Few knew how hard the journey would be or how difficult life would be once they arrived. In addition to getting settlers to the West, these new modes of transportation helped the U.S. economy grow. People and goods could easily be transported all over the country. Railroads, riverways, roads, and later airplanes helped the country expand in multiple ways.

Which of the following conclusions can you draw from the paragraph

• technology helped to improve transportation so that people could travel westward by boat

• railroads, highways, and airplanes improved transportation across the United States

• In the 1800s people traveled widely across the United states

• new modes of transportation helped people and goods move across the United States

What is the invention in the picture?

Answer explanation

The invention of cars (Henry Ford)

Why was the Pony Express faster at delivering mail?

• The riders didn't carry mailbags so they could ride faster

• The riders changed horses every 10 miles

• The riders rode nonstop between Missouri and California

• The Pony Express horses were faster than all the other horses