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Turn of the Century

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who invented the first motorized plane?

a)

Alexander Graham Bell

b)

George Washington Carver

c)

Henry Ford

d)

The Wright Brothers

2.

Who invented the telephone?

a)

Alexander Graham Bell

b)

Thomas Edison

c)

George Washington Carver

d)

Theodore Roosevelt

3.

Who invented the electric lightbulb?

a)

William McKinley

b)

Thomas Edison

c)

Alexander Graham Bell

d)

Theodore Roosevelt

4.

Who was President during the Spanish-American War?

a)

William McKinley

b)

George Washington

c)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

d)

Theodore Roosevelt

5.

Which President helped complete the building of the Panama Canal?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Theodore Roosevelt

c)

Barack Obama

d)

William McKinley

6.

What was the name of the conflict between Cuba and Spain in which the US became involved and gained 3 new territories?

a)

Civil War

b)

Cold War

c)

WWI

d)

The Spanish-American War

7.

Who were the former slaves who worked on the cattle trails?

a)

Black Cowboys

b)

Frederick Douglass

c)

The Union Boys

d)

The Underground Railroad

8.

Who came up with numerous ways to use peanut products?

a)

George Washington

b)

George Washington Carver

c)

Alexander Graham Bell

d)

Buddy Carver

9.

How did ranchers move cattle in the late 1800s?

a)

Rio Grande River

b)

barges

c)

Trains

d)

Great Western Cattle Trail

10.

A cattle trail named after a Cherokee Indian tracker named Jesse Chisholm

a)

Chisholm Trail

b)

The Trail of Tears

c)

The Appalachian Trail

d)

The Dallas Connection

11.

The name of the waterway connecting the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans

a)

Panama City Beach

b)

The Panama Canal

c)

The Strait of Isthmus

d)

The Strait of Gibraltar