WorksheetsRound 2 - History Happens
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which form of mass production was used by Henry Ford to produce automobiles in large quantities in Detroit, Michigan?
a)
Threshing Machine
b)
Assembly Line
2.
Warriors from which Native American tribe were attacked by US troops at Wounded Knee in present-day South Dakota?
a)
Sioux
b)
Hopi
3.
Louis Armstrong, a famous musician who grew up in New Orleans in the early 1900s, is associated with which form of music?
a)
Jazz
b)
Rock and Roll
4.
Deepwater Horizon is associated with which environmental disaster that affected the Gulf Coast?
a)
Nuclear Meltdown
b)
Oil Spill
5.
Which transportation route opened in 1869 with the ceremonial driving of the Golden Spike in Promontory Summit, Utah?
a)
Paddle Steamer
b)
Transcontinental Railroad
6.
in 1980, the United States boycotted which event to the Soviet presence in Afghanistan?
a)
Olympics
b)
World Cup
7.
Which natural disaster devastated Galveston, Texas in 1900?
a)
Hurricane
b)
Earthquake
8.
Which phrase refers to the forced relocation several Indian (Native American) nations to areas west of the Mississippi River?
a)
Trail of Tears
b)
Live Free or Die
9.
in 1962, John Glenn lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida and became the first American to do what?
a)
Orbit the Earth
b)
Walk on the Moon
10.
in 1682, William Penn established the colony of Pennsylvania based on which principle?
a)
Taxation without representation
b)
Religious freedom
11.
What name was given to the system of roads, swamps, and houses that slaves could use while escaping to the Northern United States and Canada?
a)
Lincoln's Tunnel
b)
Underground Railroad
12.
What phrase was used for an area of the Great Plains where severe drought caused farmers to lose topsoil during the 1930s?
a)
Dust Bowl
b)
Desert Storm
13.
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt established which program to help bring economic recovery to the United States?
a)
Peace Corps
b)
New Deal
14.
Which man spoke in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, after the Civil War, uttering the phrase "of the people, by the people, and for the people"?
a)
Andrew Jackson
b)
Abraham Lincoln
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