ACT English Bridge Construction and Historical Context
Authored by Alsandra Watson
English
9th - 12th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 10 pts
When the gleaming Bear Mountain Bridge officially opened to traffic on Thanksgiving Day in 1924, it was known as the Harriman Bridge, after Edward H. Harriman, a wealthy philanthropist.
NO CHANGE
1924; it
1924. It
1924 and it
Tags
CCSS.L.9-10.2A
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 10 pts
Before they were constructed, there were no bridges spanning the Hudson river south of Albany.
NO CHANGE
the bridges were
it was
it were
Tags
CCSS.L.3.1A
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 10 pts
The New York State Legislature had authorized a group of private investors led by Mary Harriman to build a bridge.
NO CHANGE
authorized
was authorized
would authorize
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
CCSS.RI.11-12.3
CCSS.RI.9-10.3
CCSS.RI.8.3
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 10 pts
The group, known as the Bear Mountain Hudson Bridge Company (BMHBC), was allotted thirty years to build, construct, and maintain the structure, at which time the span would be handed over to New York State.
NO CHANGE
build and construct and maintain
construct and maintain
construct, and maintain
Tags
CCSS.RF.3.3B
CCSS.RF.3.3C
CCSS.RF.3.3D
CCSS.RF.4.3A
CCSS.RF.5.3A
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 10 pts
The (BMHBC) invested almost $4,500,000 into the suspension bridge and hired the world-renowned design team of Howard Baird and George Hodge as architects.
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of Howard Baird, and George Hodge
of Howard Baird and , George Hodge
of, Howard Baird and George Hodge
Tags
CCSS.RF.3.3B
CCSS.RF.3.3C
CCSS.RF.3.3D
CCSS.RF.4.3A
CCSS.RF.5.3A
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 10 pts
The purpose for including the cost of the bridge is to:
provide a piece of information critical to the point of the essay.
insert a necessary transition between the second and third paragraphs.
add a detail contributing to the reader's understanding of the magnitude of the project.
provide an explanation of how the group raised money to invest in the bridge.
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.2
CCSS.RL.11-12.2
CCSS.RL.7.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 10 pts
Therefore, the two main cables used in the suspension were 18 inches in diameter; and each contained 7,752 individual steel wires wrapped in 37 inch thick strands.
NO CHANGE
Nonetheless, the
At the same time, the
The
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
CCSS.RI.11-12.3
CCSS.RI.9-10.3
CCSS.RI.8.5
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