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Chapter 16: life at the turn of the 20th century

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How tall was Daniel Burnham's tower that he designed in 1902?

a)

285ft

b)

385ft

c)

129ft

d)

728ft

2.

how long and far did the wright brother's plane fly?

a)

26 seconds; 40 ft

b)

7Min; 1000ft

c)

55 seconds; 50 ft

d)

12 seconds; 120ft

3.

what was the wright brothers plane called?

a)

Plane guy 1

b)

Wright flyer

c)

Wright and left

d)

Aviméta 88

4.

Why did William Torrey Harris want to make schools better?

a)

so they can be smarter

b)

He wanted to make people ready for the real world and getting a job.

c)

to have a better chance at fitting in with people

5.

Why did African American teenagers go to private schools?

a)

They were not encouraged to go to school

b)

so they can get into a better college

c)

because private schools were more advanced

d)

They were excluded from public schools

6.

What was the only way African Americans could vote?

a)

They needed to pass the reading and literacy test.

b)

They were not allowed to vote

c)

They had to be above 6 feet tall

d)

They had to be a slave

7.

When was Coney Island created?

a)

1834

b)

1992

c)

1886

d)

1344

8.

What were some popular sports that people watched?

a)

Baseball and Boxing

b)

cricket and basket ball

c)

soccer and hockey

d)

football and vollyball

9.

what is a book that Mark Twain wrote?

a)

Death of a Salesman

b)

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

c)

The Odyssey

d)

The Giver

10.

William Randolph Hearst: What did he do?

a)

made the nation's largest newspaper chain

b)

He invented Many types of modern technology

c)

Made the nation's largest Internet company

d)

He was a very popular book writer