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Turn of the Century

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An African American inventor who came up with numerous ways to use ...

a)

light bulbs

b)

peanuts

c)

telephones

d)

orange juice

2.

A group of former slaves who worked the cattle trails.

a)

Black Cowboys of Cuba

b)

Black Cowboys of Ellis Island

c)

Black Cowboys of Georgia

d)

Black Cowboys of Texas

3.

Paths that were used to transport cattle up north.

a)

Cattle Trails

b)

Transcontinental Railroad

c)

Panama Canal

d)

Lake Joy Road

4.

This trail took cattle father north than the Chisolm Trail. This trail went from Texas to Nebraska..

a)

Chisolm Trail

b)

Great Western Trail

c)

Panama Trail

d)

Russel Parkway

5.

This one path was used to transport cattle from Texas to Kansas. It was named after Jesse Chisholm.

a)

Warner Robins Trail

b)

Great Western Trail

c)

Chisolm Trail

d)

The Great Panama Trail

6.

This man invented the first electric light bulb.

a)

Thomas Edison

b)

Alexander G. Bell

c)

George Washington Carver

d)

The Wright Brothers

7.

These brothers invented the first motorized plane.

a)

The Carver Brothers

b)

The Edison Brothers

c)

The Bell Brothers

d)

The Wright Brothers

8.

This man invented the telephone.

a)

Thomas Edison

b)

Alexander Graham Bell

c)

The Wright Brothers

d)

George Washington Carver

9.

Where did the Wright Brothers take their first flight?

a)

Jacksonville, North Carolina

b)

Kitty Hawk, North Carolina

c)

Hello Kitty, North Carolina

d)

Robins Air Force Base, Warner Robins, Georgia

10.

Who was the president during the Spanish-American War?

a)

Theodore Roosevelt

b)

William McKinley

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

John F. Kennedy

11.

What president helped finish building the Panama Canal?

a)

William McKinley

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

George Washington

d)

Theodore Roosevelt

12.

A conflict between Cuba and Spain; the U.S. got involved in April 1898.

a)

Spanish-American War

b)

Mexican-American War

c)

Canadian-American War

d)

North-South War

13.

The term to describe coming to a new country to live permanently.

a)

levitating

b)

moving

c)

immigration

d)

deposition

14.

The name of the island known to European immigrants.

a)

Hawaii Island

b)

Ellis Island

c)

Angel Island

d)

Liberty Island

15.

The name of the island known to Asian immigrants.

a)

Ellis Island

b)

Angel Island

c)

Liberty Island

d)

Hawaii Island

16.

The building of a waterway that connected the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

a)

Erie Canal

b)

Grand Canal

c)

Panama Canal

d)

Cuba Canal