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Turn of the 20th Century Vocabulary

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is one of Thomas Edison's inventions

a)

Telephone

b)

internet

c)

stagecoach

d)

electric light bulb

2.

An inventor that created a device that allowed for human voices to be transmitted over wire.

a)

George Washington Carver

b)

Thomas Edison

c)

Alexander Graham Bell

d)

Wright Brothers

3.

A type of journalism that does not report much real news with facts. It uses shocking headlines that catch people's attention to sell more newspapers.

a)

Yellow Journalism

b)

Great Western Cattle Trail

c)

Buffalo Soldiers

d)

Channel 2 News

4.

Was a nickname given to African American soldiers who served in two U.S. Army cavalry units from 1867 to 1896.

a)

Rough Riders

b)

Theodore Roosevelt

c)

Buffalo Soldiers

d)

USS Maine

5.

These two place were opened in 1891 to serve as immigration centers.

a)

Angel and Ericka

b)

Fantasy Island

c)

Angel and Ellis Island

d)

Chisholm trail

6.

Was the president of the United States. He led our country during the Spanish-American War.

a)

Theodore Roosevelt

b)

George Washington Carver

c)

Wright brothers

d)

William McKinley

7.

it is a policy (way of governing) in which large or powerful countries seek to extend their authority beyond their own borders.

a)

imperialism

b)

democracy

c)

freedom

d)

immigrant

8.

Narrow, low-rise apartment buildings–many of them concentrated in the city's Lower East Side neighborhood–were all too often cramped, poorly lit and lacked indoor plumbing and proper ventilation.

a)

Cattle Trails

b)

Panama Canal

c)

USS Maine

d)

Tenement Housing

9.

They were African Americans who directed cattle through rough terrain to reach the railroads.

a)

Buffalo Soldiers

b)

Black Cowboys of Texas

c)

Rough Riders

d)

Wright Brothers

10.

A waterway that connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. The idea was formed from Theodore Roosevelt.

a)

Panama Canal

b)

Great Western Trail

c)

Chisholm Trail

d)

Spanish American War