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History on Wheels - Canals to the Hudson

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is at the bottom of a weigh lock?
a)
a scale
b)
a pulley
c)
a barge
d)
all of the above
2.
The city at the beginning of the Delaware and Hudson Canal is _______________________.
a)
Rondout
b)
Honesdale
c)
High Falls
d)
Port Jervis
3.

What is the most important contribution made by the Wurts brothers?

a)

They were the engineers who helped build the aqueduct over the Delaware and Hudson Canal.

b)

They were the Delaware and Hudson Canal boatman.

c)

They were responsible for having the Delaware and Hudson Canal built.

d)

They invented the telegraph.

4.
Why was it not possible to keep the canal in operation all year long?
a)
They didn't have enough money to operate it.
b)
It was too hot in the summer.
c)
The water froze in the winter.
d)
All of the above.
5.
What was the Sturbridge Lion?
a)
a canal
b)
a railroad engine
c)
a ferry
d)
a covered wagon
6.
The piles of earth that formed the walls on either side of the canal were called ______________.
a)
bermes
b)
walls
c)
snubbing
d)
canal slides
7.
To move coal cars over the mountains, which of the following simple machines were used?
a)
pulleys and levers
b)
inclined planes and wheels and axles
c)
inclined planes, wheels and axles, and pulleys
d)
steam engines, cog railways, and levers
8.
The village at the end of the Delaware and Hudson Canal, which is part of the city of Kingston, is called _______________________.
a)
Rondout
b)
Port Jervis
c)
Honesdale
d)
Lacawaxen
9.
What is a bridge with water in it called?
a)
a canal
b)
an aqueduct
c)
a water bridge
d)
a ravine bridge
10.
What did the little kid forget to do when he tried to raise ducky up out of the water?
a)
turn on the water
b)
turn off the water
c)
plug the drain
d)
wash the ducky
11.
Canal boats were prevented from bouncing back and forth against the lock walls by ______________________.
a)
closing the doors at the rear of the lock
b)
opening the drain to lower the water
c)
cranking the rack and pinion  gear
d)
snubbing the boat fast
12.
The name of the canal city that is on the border between Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York is ______________________.
a)
Port Jervis
b)
Rondout
c)
High Falls
d)
Honesdale
13.
What is the name of another important canal that went from Albany to Buffalo?
a)
the Champlain Canal.
b)
the Cayuga-Seneca Canal
c)
the Oswego Canal
d)
the Erie Canal
14.
What does a grist mill do?
a)
grinds grain
b)
adds water to the grain
c)
makes lumber 
d)
bakes the grain into bread
15.
What is the type of stove called that is used to burn coal?
a)
a coal burner
b)
a potbelly stove
c)
a fire stove
d)
all of the above
16.
What was the name of the engineer who helped to build the aqueduct over the Delaware River and the Rondout Creek in High Falls?
a)
Maurice Wurts
b)
Benjamin Wright
c)
William Wurts
d)
Augustus Roebling
17.
Which of the following diseases was a big killer during the American Revolution and during the canal era?
a)
small pox
b)
yellow fever
c)
tapeworm
d)
drowning
18.
Samuel F.B. Morse invented _____________________.
a)
the telephone
b)
the telegraph
c)
the lock
d)
email
19.
All of the following were done to prevent low water in the canal EXCEPT ___________________.
a)
tapping into the Hudson River
b)
damming up rivers like the Neversink River
c)
maintaining supply ponds
d)
tapping into local creeks and streams
20.
Which of the following are jobs connected to working on the canal?
a)
operating a repair boat for the canal company
b)
making rudders and tillers
c)
cleaning out the bottom of the canal
d)
all of the above
21.
In 1827, when you were just five years old, the Delaware and Hudson Canal opened. You are now 76 years old and the canal has just closed. What year is it?
a)
1888
b)
1891
c)
1898
d)
1903
22.
When boatmen went on strike for higher wages, what was the company most likely to do?
a)
bargain to offer them half of what was requested
b)
have boatmen arrested
c)
sink several boats to stop all canal traffic
d)
give boatmen what was asked for
23.

The city at the end of the Delaware and Hudson Canal is ___________________.

a)

Kingston

b)

Port Jervis

c)

Honesdale

d)

New York City

24.

Name 3 states that border the Delaware and Hudson Canal.

a)

New York, Vermont, and Pennsylvania.

b)

New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania

c)

New York, Vermont, and New Jersey

d)

New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey.

25.

Which of the following were problems for canal boat owners?

a)

railroads

b)

low wages

c)

low water

d)

all of the above

26.

The railroad cars loaded with coal were moved along the track and prevented from rolling backwards by __________________________________________.

a)

the steam engine always pushing from behind

b)

cogs in the center of the rails

c)

by a pulley system attached to the front and back of each car

d)

all of the above

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