WorksheetsNWH Ch. 10-11
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 23mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
cotton gin
a)
Eli Whitney
b)
Alexander Graham Bell
c)
Thomas Edison
d)
Henry Ford
2.
mechanical reaper
a)
Cyrus McCormick
b)
Thomas Edison
c)
WIlbur and Orville Wright
d)
Samuel Morse
3.
steamboat
a)
Robert Fulton
b)
Henry Ford
c)
Eli Whitney
d)
Thomas Edison
4.
telegraph
a)
Samuel Morse
b)
Robert Fulton
c)
Garrett A. Morgan
d)
Henry Ford
5.
telephone
a)
Alexander Graham Bell
b)
Robert Goddard
c)
Cyrus McCormick
d)
Garrett A. Morgan
6.
electric light bulb
a)
Thomas Edison
b)
Cyrus McCormick
c)
Robert Goddard
d)
Eli Whitney
7.
airplane
a)
WIlbur and Orville Wright
b)
Garrett A. Morgan
c)
Rober Fulton
d)
Cyrus McCormick
8.
produced the Model T
a)
Henry Ford
b)
Samuel Morese
c)
Alexander Graham Bell
d)
Robert Goddard
9.
liquid-fuel rocket
a)
Robert Goddard
b)
Eli Whitney
c)
Thomas Edison
d)
Garrett A. Morgan
10.
gas mask
a)
Garrett A. Morgan
b)
Wilbur and Orville Wright
c)
Eli Whitney
d)
Samuel Morse
11.
The law which gave 160 acres of land to families settling parts of the West was the Homestead Act
a)
true
b)
false
12.
Sections of land set aside by the government for Indian tribes are called provinces
a)
false
b)
true
13.
One of the greatest land rushes was in what is now the state of Indiana.
a)
false
b)
true
14.
A person who comes into a new country to live is an abolitionist
a)
false
b)
true
15.
John D. Rockerfeller organized America's oil industry
a)
true
b)
false
16.
The steel industry was brough to America by Samuel Mores
a)
false
b)
true
17.
The man who developed the assembly line method of producing was Thomas Edison
a)
false
b)
true
18.
The system of dots and dashes used to send messages over the telegraph is called the Bell code
a)
false
b)
true
19.
Russian America eventually became the state of Alaska
a)
true
b)
false
20.
"Remember the Maine" became a slogan during the Spanish American War
a)
true
b)
false
21.
The leader of teh Rough Riders was Theodore Roosevelt
a)
true
b)
false
22.
The territory that became our 50th state was Oregon.
a)
false
b)
true
23.
The first battle of the Civil War began at
a)
Ft. Sumter
b)
Ft. PIckens
c)
Ft. Ticonderoga
d)
Ft. Mc Henry
24.
One of the most famous leaders of the Underground Railroad
a)
Harriet Tubman
b)
Sojourner Truth
c)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
d)
Phillis Wheatley
25.
The Union's ironclad ship was the
a)
Monitor
b)
Merrimac
c)
Constitution
d)
Bonhomme Richard
26.
President Lincoln's anouncement that all slaves would be considered free in any state fighting against the Union was called
a)
Emmancipation Proclamation
b)
the 13th amendment
c)
Abolition
d)
the Missouri Compromise
27.
The general who became commander of all Union armies in
a)
Ulysses S. Grant
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
d)
William T Sherman
28.
The turning point of the Civil War
a)
Gettysburg
b)
Saratoga
c)
Appomattox
d)
Vicksburg
29.
Why was the battle of VIcksburg important
a)
The Union cut the South in two by gaining control of the Mississippi
b)
The French came to the aid of the Union Forces
c)
The South captured a major city in Union territory
d)
The defeat of the Confederates at Vicksburg caused them to surrender and end the war
30.
The Union general whose "march to the sea" hastened the end of the war
a)
William T. Sherman
b)
Ulysses S. Grant
c)
Robert E. Lee
d)
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
31.
The capital of the Confederate states was
a)
Richmond Virginia
b)
Washington D.C.
c)
Atlanta Georgia
d)
Vicksburg, Mississippi
32.
The president of the Confederacy was
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Stonewall Jackson
c)
Robert E. Lee
d)
Abraham Lincoln
33.
What happened in Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia on April 9, 1865
a)
Lee surrendered to Grant
b)
Abraham Lincoln was shot
c)
Grant surrendered to Lee
d)
The Emancipation Proclamation was read
34.
The 16th United States President was
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Andrew Johnson
c)
Jefferson Davis
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
35.
What is John Wilkes Booth remembered for
a)
He shot President Lincoln
b)
He became President afrer Lincoln was shot
c)
He invented the cotton gin
d)
He commanded the Confederate army
36.
To carry mail across the United States quickly, ______ began to operate in 1860 and continued for 19 months
a)
the Pony Express
b)
air mail
c)
Union Pacific Company
d)
telegraph lines
37.
For what accomplishment is Clara Barton best remembered
a)
She founded the American Red Cross
b)
She founded Tuskegee Institute
c)
She invented the gas mask
d)
She made 285 products from peanuts
38.
For what is D.L. Moody famous
a)
He was America's most famous evangelist during the 19th century
b)
He invented the lightbulb
c)
He became President after Lincoln was shot
d)
He founded Tuskegee Institute
39.
For what accomplishment is Booker T Washington remembered
a)
He founded Tuskegee Institute
b)
He invented the cotton gin
c)
He founded a Bible Institute in Chicago
d)
He made 284 products from peanuts
40.
Whose lab ws known as "God's Little Workshop?
a)
George Washington Carver
b)
Thomas Edison
c)
Alexander Graham Bell
d)
Booker T. Washington
41.
People who spent much time trying to outlaw slavery were called
a)
abolitionist
b)
freedom fighters
c)
conductors
d)
gather togethers
42.
The system of escape routes and hiding places that developed in the mid 1800s to help slaves flee to freedom was called the
a)
Underground Railroad
b)
Pony Express
c)
Riverwalkers
d)
Night Route
43.
A decision that tries to satisfy both sides of an argument is called a
a)
compromise
b)
truce
c)
judgement
d)
amendment
44.
The southern states that left the Union formed their own nation, the _____ states of America
a)
Confederate
b)
United Southern
c)
Rebel
d)
Unified
45.
Use Map Mastery to locate the following locations:
a)
Baffin Isalnd, Davis Strait, Island of Newfoundland, Greenland, Victoria Isalnd, Falkland Islands
b)
South Georgia Island, Vancouver Island, Hawaiian Islands, Queen Elizabeth Island, Ellesmere Island
c)
Galapagos Islands, Strait of Magellan, West Indies
d)
Bering Strait
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