WorksheetsEras That Have Shaped Our State!
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 17mins
During the fur trading era, Native Americans traded fur with the Europeans.
True
False
Wisconsin got it's name the "Badger State" because of our college football team.
True
False
The Lead Mining Era in Wisconsin was often compared to the ________ rush happening in California at around the same time.
Manure
Cow
Gold
Fishing
The _______________ era involved men cutting down or "harvesting" trees.
Mining
Lumbering
Housing
Fur Trading
During the ___________Era, immigrants found and borrowed land to begin growing crops for their families and to sell to others for supplies.
Farming
Industrial
Lead Mining
Informational
The first "cash crop" in Wisconsin was ________________.
Corn
Potatoes
Wheat
Radishes
During this era, "things" went from man made to machine made.
Lead Mining
Territory & Statehood
Fur Trading
Industrial
The first factories in Wisconsin led many new settlers to our area hoping for a better life. Unfortunately, the working conditions in these factories were ___________
unsafe
not hiring
requiring uniforms
Wisconsin became a state in ____________
1948
1857
1768
1848
The Informational Era is what we're considered to be in right now. A few of the defining aspects of this era are that....
we can get just about any information within seconds at our fingertips.
people don't drive cars anymore, we fly everywhere.
We have technological advances and new inventions to get people information faster every single day.
the most efficient form of communication is through a small device to reach people/information within seconds.
During the Industrial Revolution, when people didn't show up for work because they were upset with a part of their job, it was called going on ___________
lunch break
vacation
strike
The place where lumberjacks took trees to be processed was called a ___________.
sawmill
seesaw
wood shed
Farming is still crucial to our states economy today.
True
False
Industry and mass production of goods such as factories are non-existent in our state today.
True
False
During the Lumbering Era, wood from trees was transported to sawmills by waterways on canoes.
True
False
