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American Music History

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who were the first to make music in America?

a)

Pilgrims

b)

Puritans

c)

Native Americans

2.

Most early American music was found in the home and in the ________.

a)

saloons

b)

church

c)

battlefield

3.

In addition to hymns, early Americans would sing ______ songs.

a)

folk

b)

battle

c)

minstrel

4.

The earliest American hymnals had no music.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

What does a cappella mean?

a)

singing without accompaniment

b)

singing indoors

c)

singing with a banjo

6.

Which song was first sung by the British to make fun of the colonists?

a)

Camptown Races

b)

Star-Spangled Banner

c)

Yankee Doodle

7.

Which song was written during the War of 1812?

a)

Camptown Races

b)

Yankee Doodle

c)

Star-Spangled Banner

8.

What type of problematic performance was popular in the US in the 19th century?

a)

Minstrel shows

b)

Opera

c)

Band performances

9.

Who is known as The March King?

a)

John Philip Sousa

b)

Dan Emmett

c)

Stephen Foster

10.

Even though he was from the North (Ohio), Dan Emmett wrote what song that was used by the Confederacy?

a)

Camptown Races

b)

Dixie

c)

O Susanna!

11.

Which of these was NOT a way music was used in the military during the Civil War?

a)

Wake up call

b)

Marching

c)

To scare the enemy

12.

Songwriting boomed during the Civil War.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Each side in the Civil War had its own songs. They never shared any songs.

a)

True

b)

False