Turn of the Century Review

__________________________ contributed to electrical power.

• George Washington Caver

• Thomas Edison

• Alexander Graham Bell

• The Wright Brothers

The main reason for the Spanish - American War was control over the country of _______.

• Cuba
• Puerto Rico
• Haiti
• Jamaica

The Panama Canal connects which two bodies of water?

• Atlantic/Indian
• Pacific/Atlantic
• Pacific/Indian
• Atlantic/Artic

What President declared war on Spain?

• Theodore Roosevelt
• William McKinley
• Robert E. Lee
• Ulysses S. Grant

What was the purpose of the two trails marked on the above map?

• To ship cotton from southern Texas to factories in the north.

• To allow easy access to the Gulf of Mexico in order to ship goods.

• To allow ranchers to move their cattle north to railroads which shipped cattle east.

• To allow army troops in Texas to easily and quickly move north to help defend against attacks from American Indians.

What was Ellis Island?

• An amusement park
• A prison center 
• An immigration center in New York
• The first capital of the United States

Most of the immigrants that came through Ellis Island were from

• Asia
• Mexico
• Western Europe
• Eastern Europe

Asian immigrants came through which immigration station?

• Angel Island

• Ellis Island

• Immigration Island

• Dolphin Island

Immigrants came to the United States to ___________.

• have freedom of religion

• find jobs

• have a better life

• all of the above

Who invented numerous ways to use peanut products?

• Alexanger Graham Bell

• The Wright Brothers

• Thomas Edison

• George Washington Carver