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Turn of the Century Study Review

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 38mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How were businesses affected by electricity?

a)

Electricity did not really affect businesses.

b)

Electricity increased the amount of things that could be made and how quickly they could be made.

c)

Electricity caused businesses to get distracted and make less money.

d)

Electricity was a safety problem and caused business production to decrease.

2.

Which of the following was NOT one of the main reasons people immigrated to the United States?

a)

To get their own land

b)

To get religious freedom

c)

To have the opportunity to make more money

d)

To discriminate against different religions

3.

How would specialization in steel production help improve the lives of people in Pittsburgh at the turn of the century?

a)

Pittsburgh did not specialize in steel production, so it was not affected.

b)

Pittsburgh produced steel so its factories became very successful. Many people moved to there to find jobs

c)

Pittsburgh specialized in oil and as a result most of the other businesses in Pittsburgh went out of business.

d)

Pittsburgh had a railroad station and it went out of business

4.

What was George Washington Carver's impact on American life?

a)

He invented the lightbulb

b)

He flew the first plane across the Atlantic Ocean

c)

He improved farming by teaching farmers about crop rotation and developing new products using peanuts

d)

He was a famous slave owner

5.

Who were the Wright Brothers?

a)

They invented the first motorized airplane

b)

They created numerous uses for the peanut

c)

They helped build the Panama Canal

d)

They created the telephone

6.

Who was Thomas Edison?

a)

He invented the assembly line

b)

He was a famous civil rights leader

c)

He invented the first airplane

d)

He innovated the electric light bulb

7.

What was Roosevelt's volunteer army called during the Spanish-American War?

a)

Rough Housers

b)

Rough Soldiers

c)

Rough Riders

d)

Rough & Tough

8.

Which President asked Congress to declare war on Spain?

a)
Theodore Roosevelt
b)
William McKinley
c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)
Ulysses S. Grant
9.

What impact did the Panama Canal have on trade?

a)

It allowed travel around the Northeast part of the United States

b)

It connected the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans which made trade routes shorter and less costly.

c)

It allowed for a transcontinental railroad to be built across American soil which made trade easier

d)

It shortened the trade route between Asia and Africa

10.

Who was the president when the Panama Canal was being built by the US?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Theodore Roosevelt

c)

William McKinley

d)

George Washington

11.
A person who moves into a country from another country is a/an _______________.
a)
immigrant
b)

monster

c)
stranger
d)

citizen

12.

Why did immigrants come to the United States?

a)

Looking for work, to escape war or persecution

b)

The U.S. was trying to fill up the country because we had so much land

c)

Immigrants did NOT come to the United States

d)

They were rich and wanted to share their money.

13.

What was the result of the Spanish-American War?

a)

Sugar became much more expensive in the U.S.

b)

The United States became a world power and took over the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico.

c)

Cuba became a part of the United States

d)

All of the above

14.

Why did the cattle ranchers have to get their cattle to Kansas?

a)

Kansas liked cattle

b)

Kansas had railroads to send the cattle east or west.

c)

They didn't want to ship their cattle

d)

Kansas had more grass and better weather.

15.

In the turn of the century false, exaggerated news stories were called - 

a)
yellow journalism
b)
fake news
c)
untrue articles
d)
lies
16.
The first cattle trail was_____________.
a)
The Chisholm Trail
b)
The Great Western Trail
c)
The Texan Trail
17.

Ranch owners were not interested in the color of the cowboy's skin, they were interested in their _____________.

a)

skills

b)

age

c)

height

d)

religion

18.

The Panama Canal connects which two oceans?

a)

Atlantic/Indian

b)

Pacific/Atlantic

c)

Pacific/Indian

d)

Atlantic/Arctic

19.

Where was the first successful flight?

a)

Kitty Hawk, North Carolina

b)

Marietta, Georgia

c)

San Antonio, Texas

d)

Havana, Cuba

20.
What is a reason that a family would want to move north between 1910 and 1950?
a)

To be the same.

b)
To find jobs and opportunities.
c)
To spread slavery.
d)
To become sharecroppers.
21.

Cattle drives became a thing of the past when ____________.

a)

the Civil War began

b)

more railroads were opened up in the Southwest

c)

gold was discovered in California

d)

cattle ranchers started the sheep trails

22.

The Chisholm Trail and the Great Western Trail began in Texas and ended in which two states?

a)

Kansas and Oklahoma

b)

Kansas and Nebraska

c)

Wyoming and Missouri

d)

Kansas and Colorado

23.
The Central Pacific Railroad hired many Chinese workers. These workers __________
a)
were treated the same as other workers.
b)
were paid less than other workers.
c)
given jobs that were not dangerous.
d)
were paid more than other workers.
24.
What was one result of the Spanish-American war?
a)
The U.S. began to rise as a world power.
b)
The Spanish gained control of Cuba.
c)
Cuba became a United States territory.
d)
The U.S. lost land in the Caribbean Sea.
25.
Why would many African Americans work as cowboys after the Civil War?
a)
They could own land in the West.
b)
They were wild to Texas ranchers.
c)
They faced less discrimination in the West.
d)
They like that Texas fought for the Union.
26.

What was the name of the cattle trail that went from San Antonio, Texas to Abilene, Kansas?

a)

Goodnight Trail

b)

Rio Grande Trail

c)

Chisholm Trail

d)

Cowboy Trail

27.

Most Immigrants at the Turn of the Century were from...

a)

China and Japan

b)

Korea and Ireland

c)

Australia and Europe

d)

China and Europe

28.

Two territories the U.S. added during the 1800s were...

a)

Haiti and Cuba

b)

Hawaii and Alaska

c)

Canada and Mexico

d)

California and New York

29.

What were three major cities that immigrants settled?

a)

Chicago, Abilene, San Juan Hill

b)

The Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico

c)

Chicago, New York City, Pittsburgh

d)

Seattle, Quebec, Cancun

30.

This photo relates to

a)

Alexander Graham Bell

b)

Orville and Wilbur Wright

c)

George Washington Carver

d)

Thomas Edison

31.

How did Alexander Graham Bell revolutionize communications?

a)

He invented the telephone.

b)

He invented the hearing aid.

c)

He invented the grain mill.

d)

He invented the television.

32.

Alexander Graham Bell became interested in the science of sound because

a)

he loved science and music

b)

he was deaf

c)

his mother and wife were deaf

d)

his children were deaf

33.

Why was George Washington Carver important?

a)

he taught poor farmers how to improve their worn out soil and grow things to make money

b)

He established the Tuskegee Institute

c)

He had a cool nickname "The Peanut Man"

d)

He liked art

34.

An illustration that shows a political issue or event.

a)

Political party

b)

Political Cartoon

c)

Cartoon

d)

Comic

35.

Immigrants from Asia sailed across the ______ and landed in ______.

a)

Atlantic Ocean/ New York

b)

Atlantic Ocean/ California

c)

Pacific Ocean/ California

d)

Pacific Ocean/ New York

36.

Which country owned Panama before it became independent?

a)

The USA

b)

Mexico

c)

Great Britain

d)

Colombia

37.

Steel was mostly produced in

a)

Pittsburgh

b)

Puerto Rico

c)

Panama

d)

Philippines

38.

What is specialization?

a)

When businesses are experts in a skill or one focused product.

b)

When someone thinks they are special.

c)

When there is supply of a product.

d)

When there is demand on a product.

39.

In supply and demand, what does supply mean?

a)

Supply is the amount of money people want to spend.

b)

Supply is the same as demand.

c)

Supply is something you give people before they ask for it.

d)

Supply is the amount of something that people want to sell.

40.

How did inventions change people's lives?

a)

Businesses did not grow.

b)

It took people more time to do things.

c)

They could do more work in less time.

d)

Inventions did not change people's lives.

41.

Which invention made it possible for factories and shops to stay open at night?

a)

the airplane

b)

the typewriter

c)

the telephone

d)

the electric light bulb

42.

Why did employers like to hire immigrants?

a)

Immigrants had a lot of job experience from their home country.

b)

Immigrants worked many hours for little pay.

c)

Immigrants were well liked by their co-workers.

d)

Immigrants could speak other languages.

43.

Whose invention made keeping in touch and doing business with people easier?

a)

Thomas Edison

b)

Alexander Graham Bell

c)

The Wright Brothers

d)

George Washington Carver

44.

12. What happened to the USS Maine?

a)

Spain stole it

b)

it exploded

c)

It sailed through the Panama Canal

d)

It delivered supplies to Spain

45.

What was built to reduce the travel time from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean?

a)

The Columbia Canal

b)

The Spanish Canal

c)

The Cuban River

d)

The Panama Canal