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MIDTERM SS

Total questions: 52

Worksheet time: 39mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

LESSON 6: who was the inventor of the telephone ?

a)

Thomas Edison

b)

Alexander Grahm Bell

c)

Henry Ford

d)

Cyrus Field

2.

LESSON 6: who was known as the "Wizard of Menlo Park" ?

(a)  

3.

LESSON 6: Who invented movies and the phonograph?

a)

Cyrus Field

b)

Andrew Carnegie

c)

Henry Ford

d)

Thomas Edison

4.

LESSON 6: Who had the idea of laying a cable under the ocean to send transatlantic messages?

(a)  

5.

LESSON 6: Americans loved the automobile at first

a)

True

b)

False

6.

LESSON 6: The telephone was not popular with businesses but was in private homes

a)

False

b)

True

7.

LESSON 6: What year did The Wright Brothers create their first flight?

(a)  

8.

LESSON 6: The Wrights first flight only lasted----seconds and -----feet.

a)

23; 300

b)

10; 120

c)

12; 120

d)

12; 300

9.

LESSON 6: The US became known as the-?

(a)  

10.

LESSON 6: In 1900, only---Americans had cars, but by 1917 ----Americans owned cars

a)

8,000; 4 million

b)

8,000; 4.5 million

c)

740; 3,000

d)

2,500; 5 million

11.

LESSON 6: A license for a new invention is called a ----

(a)  

12.

LESSON 6: Who was the first person to send a transatlantic message

a)

Queen Victoria

b)

Queen Elizabeth I

c)

The US president of that time

13.

LESSON 6: what were popular hobbies and sports during that time?

a)

Soccer, football

b)

photography, painting

c)

basketball; photography

d)

Tennis, inventing

14.

LESSON 6: Who said "Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration" ?

(a)  

15.

LESSON 1: MOst boomtowns usually lasted at least ten years before becoming "ghost towns"

a)

False

b)

True

16.

LESSON 1: Immigrants were hired to work on the railroads because immigrants would work for low pay

a)

True

b)

False

17.

LESSON 1: The Gold Rush in California began in what year?

(a)  

18.

LESSON 1: Another name for a miner is a-----?

a)

Consumer

b)

solicitor

c)

prospector

d)

collector

19.

LESSON 1: Many American Indians found the RR terrifying. They called it------because it emited black smoke and was very fast.

a)

"metal horse"

b)

"dark horse"

c)

"smoke horse"

d)

"iron horse"

20.

LESSON 1: Early RR were short and usually no more than------miles long.

(a)  

21.

LESSON 1: By 1886, in the US, the----adopted to the railway gauge used by the-----?

a)

North; South

b)

East; West

c)

West; East

d)

South; North

22.

LESSON 1: Leland Stanford helped finance this RR from 1861-1893?

a)
Central Pacific
b)

Union Pacific

23.

LESSON 1: Hired thousands of workers from China to work on their RR

a)

Central Pacific

b)

Union Pacific

24.

LESSON 1: Went through the Rocky Mountains

a)

Central Pacific

b)

Union Pacific

25.

LESSON 1: Went through the Sierra Nevada Mountain range

a)

Central Pacific

b)

Union Pacific

26.

LESSON 1: Hired immigrant workers from Ireland and hired African Am. and Mexican Am. workers to work on their RR.

a)

Central Pacific

b)

Union Pacific

27.

LESSON 3: Most of the Am. Indians on the Great Plains lived in SEMI-permanent villages

a)

True

b)

False

28.

LESSON 3: The Sun Dance was a religious ceremony performed EXACTLY the same way by each tribal nation

a)

True

b)

False

29.

LESSON 3: The Great Plains Indians did hunt deer and elk, but ----was their main dietary staple?

a)

Bison

b)

Deer

c)

Fish

d)

Rabbit

30.

LESSON 3: The first horses to come to North Am. came with the Spanish in the---?

(a)  

31.

LESSON 3: The Great Plains Indians used bison hides for-----?

a)

Teepee covers

b)

Boats

c)

Clothing

d)

Teepee covers and boats

e)

All of thee above

32.

LESSON 3: Council meetings took place in the---- and were held-----?

a)

Winter; in the valleys

b)

Spring; by the rivers

c)

summer; on the plains

d)

fall; in the mountains

33.

LESSON 3: Between 1830-1840, the bison was hunted for its hide to make what fashionable item?

(a)  

34.

LESSON 3: the----was performed in hopes of freeing the Am. Indians from white settlers?

(a)  

35.

LESSON 3: The Dawes Act encouraged the Great Plains Indians to become------?

a)

Farmers

b)

Ranchers

c)

traders

d)

miners

36.

LESSON 3: Answer with Both, men, women

Made teepee covers

(a)  

37.

LESSSON 3: Who made teepees

a)

Both mean and women

b)

men

c)

women

38.

LESSON 3: Who put up and took down teepees?

a)

Both men and women

b)

women

c)

men

39.

LESSON 3: The device made to be pulled by dogs and horses and used by the Great Plains Indians to transport their belongings was called a-----?

(a)  

40.

LESSON 3: The--- was a religous ceremony which renewed the relationship between the people, land, and------?

a)

Sun Dance; Spirit world

b)

Ghost Dance; Spirit world

c)

Ghost Dance; lord

41.

LESSON 2: During the 1860s, ranching increased on the Great Plains, mostly because after the Civil War, there was an increase in demand for beef

a)

False

b)

True

42.

LESSON 2: The Chishol Trail was an established cattle drive route which ran from Texas and ended in-----?

a)

Oklahoma

b)

Maine

c)

Ohio

d)

Kansas

43.

LESSON 2: The Homestead Act was issued in what year?

(a)  

44.

LESSON 2: The National Grange was a group of---- who banded together in order to support each other and force politicians to listen to their demands

a)

Ranchers

b)

Farmers

c)

Native Am.

d)

RR. owners

45.

LESSON 2: The populist party was also called the----- party?

(a)  

46.

The Populist supported the----while the Republicans supported the-----?

a)

Gold standard; free silver plan

b)

Free silver plan; gold standard

47.

LESSON 2: The------were a group of African Am. settlers who moved to Kansas



(a)  

48.

LESSON 2: What date was the Oklahoma land rush on?

a)

April 16th, 1899

b)

January 3, 1970

c)

February 22nd, 1878

d)

April 22nd, 1889

49.

LESSON 2: What was the name given to Oklahoma land seekers who lined up on the border waiting for the signal?

(a)  

50.

LESSON 2: What was the name given to the Oklahoma land seekers who crossed the border before the signal?

(a)  

51.

LESSON 2: Farmers on the plains use----to pump water from underground water wells?

(a)  

52.

LESSON 2: List one example of the demands made on the government by Populist party?

(a)