WorksheetsHomesteading and Week 2 Quiz - M4W2 - HMH
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 4hrs 15mins
Rewatch the informational documentary video "Homestead," and then answer each question. Use the video throughout the assignment, if needed, to find evidence for your answers.
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Why were the Great Plains once called the “Great American Desert”?
Settlers discovered that the weather was warm throughout the year.
Settlers found that the land produced fewer crops than they needed
Early explorers thought that the land was worthless because it had no trees.
Early explorers noticed that the area received a limited amount of rainfall each year.
Which sentence best summarizes the results of the Homestead Act?
It encouraged people to get married and start families.
It allowed people to move to the Midwest and the Pacific Coast.
It encouraged people to visit the United States and consider staying.
It allowed people to earn a living and help develop the young country.
The video includes a picture of a large crowd at a train station. Which idea does this picture help explain?
The Homestead Act made land open to everyone, not just the rich and powerful.
After the Homestead Act, the plains became so crowded that people headed back east.
The Homestead Act was supported by Abraham Lincoln, so many people wanted to thank him.
Before the Homestead Act, many people were unhappy with how Congress planned to use the land.
What was the primary reason people moved to the Great Plains?
to teach people how to become homesteaders
to get land free or at a greatly reduced cost
to escape the boredom of the city
to start new businesses
The video shows a globe that points out Ukraine and North Dakota. How does this picture add to viewers’ understanding of Joseph Marquart?
It shows why he moved to the United States.
t shows how far he traveled to start a new life
It shows the excitement he felt about his journey.
It shows what farming was like in Russia at the time
Read the following text carefully. This will be the text that is used to answer the next few questions. Refer back to the text as needed to complete your answers.
Are We There Yet?
by Ellen R. Braaf
Cars Create Chaos
2 In 1893 Charles and Frank Duryea turned a broken-down horse carriage and a gasoline engine into the first gas-powered American automobile. It had no brakes. To stop it, they ran it into the curb, but there was no stopping its popularity. By 1905 forty-eight thousand Americans had cars.
3 Early driving was dangerous. The first cars broke down regularly. People got lost, got stuck, and got into accidents. Roads were so narrow that cars going in opposite directions couldn’t get around each other. Worst of all, most roads were unpaved dirt tracks.
4 To make things even worse, there were no driving rules. Traffic in urban areas was chaotic. A mixture of people, bicycles, horse-drawn wagons, and new motor cars crowded the streets.
5 In 1908 the New York police chief established the city’s first “rules of the road.” Slower vehicles had to keep right, so faster ones could pass on the left. Drivers had to signal with their hands to let others know they were about to slow, stop, or turn.
6 The city of Cleveland installed the first electric traffic signals. Red meant stop; green meant go. Other cities used a third colored light—yellow—to signal caution. Some cities installed only red traffic lights, the top one to stop north-south traffic and the bottom one to stop east-west traffic.
7 Outside the cities, driving was no easier. Along the bad roads, few signs guided the way. To try to improve car travel, people formed groups called trail associations that adopted roads and named them, printed guidebooks, posted directions, hung warning signs, and repaired the roads. Unfortunately, the associations did not work together. They sometimes claimed the same roads, named them differently, and posted a variety of confusing signs anywhere they wanted.
The Right Direction
8 Clearly, people across the country would have to cooperate to improve the roads. To do this, the new Bureau of Public Roads formed partnerships with the states to repair old roads and build new ones. They ended the trail associations and organized the jumble of roads into a system. Main roads got U.S. route numbers: odd-numbered routes ran north-south and even-numbered routes ran east-west. They painted lines to mark traffic lanes and posted speed limits.
9 Finally, car travel was beginning to make sense. It was high time, too, since by 1927 Americans owned 20 million cars.
My Way Is the Highway
10 In the 1950s the economy boomed, and Americans bought bigger, faster cars. People wanted to get places fast, and the old two-lane state highways wouldn’t do.
11 The idea for a continuous system of highways linking every state didn’t start with President Dwight Eisenhower, but he made it happen. As a young army officer in 1919, he had crossed the United States in a truck. It took him 62 difficult days. In Europe during World War II, he admired the splendid roads he saw. As president, Eisenhower was convinced that America needed a modern, coast-to-coast system of highways that would ease traffic crowding, improve travel safety, and help small towns grow.
12 In 1956 the interstate highway system began to take shape. Planners designed the highways to be the same throughout the system. For instance, each lane is 12 feet wide. In both directions, the divided highway has a 4-foot-wide shoulder on the far left and a 10-foot-wide breakdown lane on the right. Green signs mark exits and directions; blue signs note services and rest areas. Even numbered interstates run east-west, and odd-numbered interstates, north and south.
The Challenge Continues
13 Cars created chaos, but they made people think about how to solve the problems of bad roads and traffic confusion. Cars still challenge us today. Can we find cleaner fuels to burn? Can we keep up with highway repairs? We aren’t there yet, but scientists and citizens alike are working hard to meet the continuing challenge of cars.
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Read the sentences from paragraph 2.
It had no brakes. To stop it, they ran it into the curb, but there was no stopping its popularity.
What is the meaning of brakes as it is used above?
signs of damage
pauses during the day
devices that slow down a car
divides into several different parts
What main idea is supported by the details in paragraphs 5 and 6?
5 In 1908 the New York police chief established the city’s first “rules of the road.” Slower vehicles had to keep right, so faster ones could pass on the left. Drivers had to signal with their hands to let others know they were about to slow, stop, or turn.
6 The city of Cleveland installed the first electric traffic signals. Red meant stop; green meant go. Other cities used a third colored light—yellow—to signal caution. Some cities installed only red traffic lights, the top one to stop north-south traffic and the bottom one to stop east-west traffic.
The use of signals improved driving safety in cities.
New driving rules were very difficult to follow
The first electric signals had only one red light.
City officials were busy repairing old roads
What caused the trail associations to fail?
Are We There Yet?
by Ellen R. Braaf
Cars Create Chaos
2 In 1893 Charles and Frank Duryea turned a broken-down horse carriage and a gasoline engine into the first gas-powered American automobile. It had no brakes. To stop it, they ran it into the curb, but there was no stopping its popularity. By 1905 forty-eight thousand Americans had cars.
3 Early driving was dangerous. The first cars broke down regularly. People got lost, got stuck, and got into accidents. Roads were so narrow that cars going in opposite directions couldn’t get around each other. Worst of all, most roads were unpaved dirt tracks.
4 To make things even worse, there were no driving rules. Traffic in urban areas was chaotic. A mixture of people, bicycles, horse-drawn wagons, and new motor cars crowded the streets.
5 In 1908 the New York police chief established the city’s first “rules of the road.” Slower vehicles had to keep right, so faster ones could pass on the left. Drivers had to signal with their hands to let others know they were about to slow, stop, or turn.
6 The city of Cleveland installed the first electric traffic signals. Red meant stop; green meant go. Other cities used a third colored light—yellow—to signal caution. Some cities installed only red traffic lights, the top one to stop north-south traffic and the bottom one to stop east-west traffic.
7 Outside the cities, driving was no easier. Along the bad roads, few signs guided the way. To try to improve car travel, people formed groups called trail associations that adopted roads and named them, printed guidebooks, posted directions, hung warning signs, and repaired the roads. Unfortunately, the associations did not work together. They sometimes claimed the same roads, named them differently, and posted a variety of confusing signs anywhere they wanted.
The Right Direction
8 Clearly, people across the country would have to cooperate to improve the roads. To do this, the new Bureau of Public Roads formed partnerships with the states to repair old roads and build new ones. They ended the trail associations and organized the jumble of roads into a system. Main roads got U.S. route numbers: odd-numbered routes ran north-south and even-numbered routes ran east-west. They painted lines to mark traffic lanes and posted speed limits.
9 Finally, car travel was beginning to make sense. It was high time, too, since by 1927 Americans owned 20 million cars.
My Way Is the Highway
10 In the 1950s the economy boomed, and Americans bought bigger, faster cars. People wanted to get places fast, and the old two-lane state highways wouldn’t do.
11 The idea for a continuous system of highways linking every state didn’t start with President Dwight Eisenhower, but he made it happen. As a young army officer in 1919, he had crossed the United States in a truck. It took him 62 difficult days. In Europe during World War II, he admired the splendid roads he saw. As president, Eisenhower was convinced that America needed a modern, coast-to-coast system of highways that would ease traffic crowding, improve travel safety, and help small towns grow.
12 In 1956 the interstate highway system began to take shape. Planners designed the highways to be the same throughout the system. For instance, each lane is 12 feet wide. In both directions, the divided highway has a 4-foot-wide shoulder on the far left and a 10-foot-wide breakdown lane on the right. Green signs mark exits and directions; blue signs note services and rest areas. Even numbered interstates run east-west, and odd-numbered interstates, north and south.
The Challenge Continues
13 Cars created chaos, but they made people think about how to solve the problems of bad roads and traffic confusion. Cars still challenge us today. Can we find cleaner fuels to burn? Can we keep up with highway repairs? We aren’t there yet, but scientists and citizens alike are working hard to meet the continuing challenge of cars.
a lack of effort
a lack of money
a lack of interest
a lack of cooperation
How did the Bureau of Public Roads affect driving in the late 1920s?
Are We There Yet?
by Ellen R. Braaf
Cars Create Chaos
2 In 1893 Charles and Frank Duryea turned a broken-down horse carriage and a gasoline engine into the first gas-powered American automobile. It had no brakes. To stop it, they ran it into the curb, but there was no stopping its popularity. By 1905 forty-eight thousand Americans had cars.
3 Early driving was dangerous. The first cars broke down regularly. People got lost, got stuck, and got into accidents. Roads were so narrow that cars going in opposite directions couldn’t get around each other. Worst of all, most roads were unpaved dirt tracks.
4 To make things even worse, there were no driving rules. Traffic in urban areas was chaotic. A mixture of people, bicycles, horse-drawn wagons, and new motor cars crowded the streets.
5 In 1908 the New York police chief established the city’s first “rules of the road.” Slower vehicles had to keep right, so faster ones could pass on the left. Drivers had to signal with their hands to let others know they were about to slow, stop, or turn.
6 The city of Cleveland installed the first electric traffic signals. Red meant stop; green meant go. Other cities used a third colored light—yellow—to signal caution. Some cities installed only red traffic lights, the top one to stop north-south traffic and the bottom one to stop east-west traffic.
7 Outside the cities, driving was no easier. Along the bad roads, few signs guided the way. To try to improve car travel, people formed groups called trail associations that adopted roads and named them, printed guidebooks, posted directions, hung warning signs, and repaired the roads. Unfortunately, the associations did not work together. They sometimes claimed the same roads, named them differently, and posted a variety of confusing signs anywhere they wanted.
The Right Direction
8 Clearly, people across the country would have to cooperate to improve the roads. To do this, the new Bureau of Public Roads formed partnerships with the states to repair old roads and build new ones. They ended the trail associations and organized the jumble of roads into a system. Main roads got U.S. route numbers: odd-numbered routes ran north-south and even-numbered routes ran east-west. They painted lines to mark traffic lanes and posted speed limits.
9 Finally, car travel was beginning to make sense. It was high time, too, since by 1927 Americans owned 20 million cars.
My Way Is the Highway
10 In the 1950s the economy boomed, and Americans bought bigger, faster cars. People wanted to get places fast, and the old two-lane state highways wouldn’t do.
11 The idea for a continuous system of highways linking every state didn’t start with President Dwight Eisenhower, but he made it happen. As a young army officer in 1919, he had crossed the United States in a truck. It took him 62 difficult days. In Europe during World War II, he admired the splendid roads he saw. As president, Eisenhower was convinced that America needed a modern, coast-to-coast system of highways that would ease traffic crowding, improve travel safety, and help small towns grow.
12 In 1956 the interstate highway system began to take shape. Planners designed the highways to be the same throughout the system. For instance, each lane is 12 feet wide. In both directions, the divided highway has a 4-foot-wide shoulder on the far left and a 10-foot-wide breakdown lane on the right. Green signs mark exits and directions; blue signs note services and rest areas. Even numbered interstates run east-west, and odd-numbered interstates, north and south.
The Challenge Continues
13 Cars created chaos, but they made people think about how to solve the problems of bad roads and traffic confusion. Cars still challenge us today. Can we find cleaner fuels to burn? Can we keep up with highway repairs? We aren’t there yet, but scientists and citizens alike are working hard to meet the continuing challenge of cars.
by developing some of the earliest traffic signals
by organizing the roads into an orderly system
by completing the interstate highway system
by encouraging people to buy faster cars
Which two statements are central ideas of the article?
Are We There Yet?
by Ellen R. Braaf
Cars Create Chaos
2 In 1893 Charles and Frank Duryea turned a broken-down horse carriage and a gasoline engine into the first gas-powered American automobile. It had no brakes. To stop it, they ran it into the curb, but there was no stopping its popularity. By 1905 forty-eight thousand Americans had cars.
3 Early driving was dangerous. The first cars broke down regularly. People got lost, got stuck, and got into accidents. Roads were so narrow that cars going in opposite directions couldn’t get around each other. Worst of all, most roads were unpaved dirt tracks.
4 To make things even worse, there were no driving rules. Traffic in urban areas was chaotic. A mixture of people, bicycles, horse-drawn wagons, and new motor cars crowded the streets.
5 In 1908 the New York police chief established the city’s first “rules of the road.” Slower vehicles had to keep right, so faster ones could pass on the left. Drivers had to signal with their hands to let others know they were about to slow, stop, or turn.
6 The city of Cleveland installed the first electric traffic signals. Red meant stop; green meant go. Other cities used a third colored light—yellow—to signal caution. Some cities installed only red traffic lights, the top one to stop north-south traffic and the bottom one to stop east-west traffic.
7 Outside the cities, driving was no easier. Along the bad roads, few signs guided the way. To try to improve car travel, people formed groups called trail associations that adopted roads and named them, printed guidebooks, posted directions, hung warning signs, and repaired the roads. Unfortunately, the associations did not work together. They sometimes claimed the same roads, named them differently, and posted a variety of confusing signs anywhere they wanted.
The Right Direction
8 Clearly, people across the country would have to cooperate to improve the roads. To do this, the new Bureau of Public Roads formed partnerships with the states to repair old roads and build new ones. They ended the trail associations and organized the jumble of roads into a system. Main roads got U.S. route numbers: odd-numbered routes ran north-south and even-numbered routes ran east-west. They painted lines to mark traffic lanes and posted speed limits.
9 Finally, car travel was beginning to make sense. It was high time, too, since by 1927 Americans owned 20 million cars.
My Way Is the Highway
10 In the 1950s the economy boomed, and Americans bought bigger, faster cars. People wanted to get places fast, and the old two-lane state highways wouldn’t do.
11 The idea for a continuous system of highways linking every state didn’t start with President Dwight Eisenhower, but he made it happen. As a young army officer in 1919, he had crossed the United States in a truck. It took him 62 difficult days. In Europe during World War II, he admired the splendid roads he saw. As president, Eisenhower was convinced that America needed a modern, coast-to-coast system of highways that would ease traffic crowding, improve travel safety, and help small towns grow.
12 In 1956 the interstate highway system began to take shape. Planners designed the highways to be the same throughout the system. For instance, each lane is 12 feet wide. In both directions, the divided highway has a 4-foot-wide shoulder on the far left and a 10-foot-wide breakdown lane on the right. Green signs mark exits and directions; blue signs note services and rest areas. Even numbered interstates run east-west, and odd-numbered interstates, north and south.
The Challenge Continues
13 Cars created chaos, but they made people think about how to solve the problems of bad roads and traffic confusion. Cars still challenge us today. Can we find cleaner fuels to burn? Can we keep up with highway repairs? We aren’t there yet, but scientists and citizens alike are working hard to meet the continuing challenge of cars.
The earliest cars were simpler and much easier to drive.
There are still driving challenges that people are trying to solve.
Newer highways were divided into odd- and even-numbered routes.
It took a lot of time and effort to establish safe driving rules and highways.
The interstate highway system was constructed to make car travel more pleasant.
Read the sentence from paragraph 11.
The idea for a continuous system of highways linking every state didn’t start with President Dwight Eisenhower, but he made it happen.
Think about the suffix -ous. What is the meaning of continuous above?
without traffic delays
without safety problems
without gaps between roads
without unnecessary rules or limits
Read the selection and choose the best answer to each question.
Anna wrote a report about the history of popcorn. Read the first paragraph of Anna’s report and look for any changes she should make. When you finish reading, answer the questions that follow.
Popcorn
(1) People have been eating popcorn for many years. (2) In the mid-1900s, popcorn kernels that are thousands of years old were found buried in a cave in New Mexico. (3) Some of they had already popped before they got buried. (4) Very old kernels were also found in Mexico. (5) It were left there by early farmers. (6) According to one scientist, popcorn was the first kind of corn that people grew in North and South America. (7) Europeans brought popcorn to other parts of the world later on, when they began to explore the Americas.
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No. I will not read the text, and I may not do well on my quiz.
What is the correct way to write sentence 3?
Popcorn
(1) People have been eating popcorn for many years. (2) In the mid-1900s, popcorn kernels that are thousands of years old were found buried in a cave in New Mexico. (3) Some of they had already popped before they got buried. (4) Very old kernels were also found in Mexico. (5) It were left there by early farmers. (6) According to one scientist, popcorn was the first kind of corn that people grew in North and South America. (7) Europeans brought popcorn to other parts of the world later on, when they began to explore the Americas.
Some of they had already popped before them got buried.
Some of them had already popped before they got buried.
Some of they had already popped before it got buried
No change is needed
What change should be made in sentence 5?
Popcorn
(1) People have been eating popcorn for many years. (2) In the mid-1900s, popcorn kernels that are thousands of years old were found buried in a cave in New Mexico. (3) Some of they had already popped before they got buried. (4) Very old kernels were also found in Mexico. (5) It were left there by early farmers. (6) According to one scientist, popcorn was the first kind of corn that people grew in North and South America. (7) Europeans brought popcorn to other parts of the world later on, when they began to explore the Americas.
Change It to They
Change It to You..
Change It to We
No change is needed.
What change should be made in sentence 7?
Popcorn
(1) People have been eating popcorn for many years. (2) In the mid-1900s, popcorn kernels that are thousands of years old were found buried in a cave in New Mexico. (3) Some of they had already popped before they got buried. (4) Very old kernels were also found in Mexico. (5) It were left there by early farmers. (6) According to one scientist, popcorn was the first kind of corn that people grew in North and South America. (7) Europeans brought popcorn to other parts of the world later on, when they began to explore the Americas.
Change they to it.
Change they to you.
Change they to them.
No change is needed.
