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History Test 7

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The first person to ride across the new bridge in New York was __________.

a)

President Arthur

b)

Governor Cleveland

c)

Emily Roebling

2.

When Booker T. Washington arrived to begin a new school, he found _________.

a)

books

b)

buildings

c)

nothing

3.

The first book Booker T. Washington owned was the _________.

a)

Bible

b)

Blue-Backed Speller

c)

primer

4.

Booker T. Washington was taught how to use the Bible by his __________.

a)

mother

b)

preacher

c)

teacher

5.

The first moving pictures were invented by _________.

a)

Alexander Graham Bell

b)

Thomas Edison

c)

Booker T. Washington

6.

Booker T. Washington attended the ________ Institute.

a)

Hampton

b)

Tuskegee

c)

Washington

7.

After the bridge had been built, Emily Roebling earned a degree in ________.

a)

education

b)

law

c)

science

8.

Alexander Bell was interested in teaching and helping those who were _________.

a)

blind

b)

deaf

c)

poor

9.

The first thing recorded on a phonograph was ________.

a)

Amazing Grace

b)

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

c)

Mary Had a Little Lamb

10.

According to Booker T. Washington, the happiest people are those who do the most for _________.

a)

themselves

b)

others

c)

Mrs. Weaver

11.

The invention that brought Thomas Edison the most success was the ________.

a)

lightbulb

b)

battery

c)

telephone

12.

A license that protects an invention so it cannot be copied is called a _________.

a)

inventor's license

b)

telegram

c)

patent

13.

Alexander Bell was working to improve the _________ machine when he accidentally invented the telephone.

a)

time

b)

telegraph

c)

answering

14.

Thomas Edison invented the _________, which he could use to record his voice.

a)

phonograph

b)

telegraph

c)

microphone

15.

Emily Roebling was important in the completion of the ________ Bridge.

a)

New York

b)

Brooklyn

c)

San Francisco

16.

A system of dots and dashes sent across telegraph wires is called _______ code.

a)

telegraph

b)

Edison

c)

Morse

17.

Alexander Graham Bell invented the _________.

a)

telephone

b)

phonograph

c)

telegraph

18.

Although he did not invent it, Thomas Edison's work improved the ________.

a)

phonograph

b)

light bulb

c)

telephone

19.

Booker T. Washington started _________ Institute in Alabama.

a)

Tuskegee

b)

New York

c)

Hampton

20.

Which of these ways did Emily Roebling NOT help her husband build the bridge?

a)

Give her husband's instructions to the workers

b)

Studied how strong the cables were

c)

Kept records

d)

Used a jackhammer

21.

Which of these ways did Booker T. Washington NOT help the people of Malden when he returned?

a)

Took them horseback riding

b)

Started a school

c)

Taught them ways to repair their cabins

d)

Taught them how to read and write