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Music in Early America

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

True or False? Native Americans passed their music on through a system of music notation.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Which of the following instruments was NOT an early Native American instrument?

a)

Flute

b)

Drum

c)

Cymbal

d)

Rattle

3.

What instrument did George Washington play?

a)

Violin

b)

Flute

c)

Harp

d)

Guitar

4.

What instrument did Benjamin Franklin invent that Mozart wrote music for?

a)

Glass harmonica

b)

Guitar

c)

Harp

d)

Violin

5.

Which group of immigrants to the US influenced the Tejano/ Tex-Mex style of music?

a)

Irish

b)

French

c)

English

d)

German

6.

Which side had more musicians and bands during the Civil War?

a)

Union

b)

Confederacy

7.

Why did the South not have access to many brass instruments during the Civil War?

a)

There was a metal shortage in the South

b)

The instrument factories were in the North

c)

The North cut off supplies to the South

d)

All of the above

8.

True or False? The songbooks of the Union and the Confederacy were mostly the same.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

True or False? The North and South would use the same song melodies but sometimes change the lyrics to match their side.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

All of the following are folk songs from the Civil War era EXCEPT:

a)

"Hard Tack"

b)

"You Are My Sunshine"

c)

"Battle Hymn of the Republic"

d)

"Johnny Goes Marching Home"