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WorksheetsJohnstown Flood 1889
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who owned the dam that broke above the town of Johnstown in 1889?
a)
South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club
b)
Cambria Steel and Iron Works
c)
Carnegie Steel Company
d)
Pennsylvania Railroad
2.
How many people died in the Johnstown Flood of 1889?
a)
2209
b)
1109
c)
less than 1000
d)
More than 3000
3.
What disaster relief organization arrived in Johnstown just days after the flood?
a)
American Red Cross
b)
Salvation Army
c)
FEMA
4.
What was the name of the train engineer that ran his train backwards toward Johnstown to warn the people that the dam had broken?
a)
Colonel Elias Unger
b)
John Hess
c)
Andrew Carnegie
5.
About one-third of the victims of the Johnstown flood were never identified.
a)
True
b)
False
6.
Everyone escaped the fire that occurred at the Stone Bridge.
a)
True
b)
False
7.
What was the name of the largest employer in Johnstown in 1889?
a)
The Cambria Iron Works
b)
McDonalds
c)
The Pennsylvania Railroad
d)
Johnstown Hospital
8.
What are the names of the two rivers that come together in Johnstown to form the Conemaugh River?
a)
Little Conemaugh and Stonycreek
b)
Allegheny and Monongahela
c)
Delaware and Two Lick
d)
Ohio and Mississippi
9.
What had the weather been like, in Johnstown, during the week before the flood of May 31, 1889?
a)
Sunny and warm
b)
Rainy and overcast
c)
Cold and snowy
10.
What was the name of the lake created by the South Fork Dam?
a)
Yellow Creek Lake
b)
Lake Conemaugh
c)
Lake Erie
d)
Great Salt Lake
11.
What person stayed for 5 months with the American Red Cross to help the survivors of the Johnstown Flood of 1889?
a)
Florence Nightingale
b)
Clara Barton
c)
Amelia Earhart
d)
Susan B. Anthony
12.
On what kind of landform is Johnstown, PA, located?
a)
Floodplain
b)
Plateau
c)
Mountain
d)
Ravine
13.
Name the organization that helped the survivors of the Johnstown flood, built a hotel for the homeless in Johnstown, and became the leading disaster relief organization in the United States today.
a)
American Red Cross
b)
Salvation Army
c)
FEMA
d)
National Recovery and Relief
14.
What was the height of the wave that hit Johnstown (approximately)?
a)
10
b)
40
c)
100
15.
Parts of the South Fork Dam remain standing today.
a)
True
b)
False
16.
What was the name of the famous steel industrialist and South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club member from the city of Pittsburgh?
a)
Andrew Mellon
b)
George Franklin Huff
c)
Andrew Carnegie
17.
Most members of the South Fork Hunting and Fishing Club came from what city?
a)
Johnstown
b)
New York City
c)
Pittsburgh
d)
Altoona
18.
Which of the following is NOT a [S]OCIAL impact of floods? (HIDs)
a)
Homelessness
b)
Injuries, spread of diseases and loss of lives
c)
Disruption to clean water supply
d)
Damage to Transport Infrastructure
19.
Who owned the dam that broke above the town of Johnstown in 1889?
a)
South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club
b)
Cambria Steel and Iron Works
c)
Carnegie Steel Company
d)
Pennsylvania Railroad
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