Inventions and Their Impact

How did the Spanish-American War change the United States’ role in the world?

• a. The U.S. began to gain world power after gaining control of land that once belonged to Spain.

• b. The long war cost millions of dollars and left the United States in serious debt.

• c. The U.S. took over Spain, putting land in Europe under U.S. control.

• d. Spain defeated the U.S., so other countries did not use the U.S. as a trade partner.

Besides saving people money and time, how did inventions change people’s lives?

• a. Nothing changed.

• b. Businesses grew very little to none at all.

• c. It took more time to complete work.

• d. People could do new things and improve their lives.

Which invention made it possible for factories and shops to stay open at night in order to produce more goods?

• a. peanut products

• b. the lightbulb

• c. the telephone

• d. the airplane

What was the greatest impact of the invention of the telephone?

• a. people now had to pay to make phone calls

• b. faster sharing of information than ever before

• c. businesses could now work later in the day

• d. the telegraph was no longer useful

How did the invention of the airplane impact American life?

• a. They allowed people to travel farther faster

• b. They became the most dangerous way to travel

• c. They were only used in war

• d. It led to the cheapest way of travel

What was the MOST important reason why the Panama Canal was built?

• a. To connect the Chisolm Trail and Great Western

• b. To connect Cuba to the Philippines

• c. To connect the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean

• d. To connect telephones across the Atlantic

What group did Theodore Roosevelt fight with during the Spanish-American War?

• Ruff Riders

• b. Yellow Journalist

• c. Buffalo Soldiers

• d. Immigrants

How did the building of the Panama Canal help promote trade between countries?

Why is George Washington Carver credited with “saving the South's farmland”?

Which event resulted in the United States declaring war with Spain to start the Spanish-American War?

• American buffalo soldiers taking San Juan Hill in Cuba

• the U.S. Navy destroying the Spanish fleet in the Philippines

• the U.S. taking the Spanish territories of the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico

• the explosion of the U.S.S. Maine in Cuba