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WorksheetsMIDTERM SS
Total questions: 52
Worksheet time: 39mins
LESSON 6: who was the inventor of the telephone ?
Thomas Edison
Alexander Grahm Bell
Henry Ford
Cyrus Field
LESSON 6: who was known as the "Wizard of Menlo Park" ?
(a)
LESSON 6: Who invented movies and the phonograph?
Cyrus Field
Andrew Carnegie
Henry Ford
Thomas Edison
LESSON 6: Who had the idea of laying a cable under the ocean to send transatlantic messages?
(a)
LESSON 6: Americans loved the automobile at first
True
False
LESSON 6: The telephone was not popular with businesses but was in private homes
False
True
LESSON 6: What year did The Wright Brothers create their first flight?
(a)
LESSON 6: The Wrights first flight only lasted----seconds and -----feet.
23; 300
10; 120
12; 120
12; 300
LESSON 6: The US became known as the-?
(a)
LESSON 6: In 1900, only---Americans had cars, but by 1917 ----Americans owned cars
8,000; 4 million
8,000; 4.5 million
740; 3,000
2,500; 5 million
LESSON 6: A license for a new invention is called a ----
(a)
LESSON 6: Who was the first person to send a transatlantic message
Queen Victoria
Queen Elizabeth I
The US president of that time
LESSON 6: what were popular hobbies and sports during that time?
Soccer, football
photography, painting
basketball; photography
Tennis, inventing
LESSON 6: Who said "Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration" ?
(a)
LESSON 1: MOst boomtowns usually lasted at least ten years before becoming "ghost towns"
False
True
LESSON 1: Immigrants were hired to work on the railroads because immigrants would work for low pay
True
False
LESSON 1: The Gold Rush in California began in what year?
(a)
LESSON 1: Another name for a miner is a-----?
Consumer
solicitor
prospector
collector
LESSON 1: Many American Indians found the RR terrifying. They called it------because it emited black smoke and was very fast.
"metal horse"
"dark horse"
"smoke horse"
"iron horse"
LESSON 1: Early RR were short and usually no more than------miles long.
(a)
LESSON 1: By 1886, in the US, the----adopted to the railway gauge used by the-----?
North; South
East; West
West; East
South; North
LESSON 1: Leland Stanford helped finance this RR from 1861-1893?
Union Pacific
LESSON 1: Hired thousands of workers from China to work on their RR
Central Pacific
Union Pacific
LESSON 1: Went through the Rocky Mountains
Central Pacific
Union Pacific
LESSON 1: Went through the Sierra Nevada Mountain range
Central Pacific
Union Pacific
LESSON 1: Hired immigrant workers from Ireland and hired African Am. and Mexican Am. workers to work on their RR.
Central Pacific
Union Pacific
LESSON 3: Most of the Am. Indians on the Great Plains lived in SEMI-permanent villages
True
False
LESSON 3: The Sun Dance was a religious ceremony performed EXACTLY the same way by each tribal nation
True
False
LESSON 3: The Great Plains Indians did hunt deer and elk, but ----was their main dietary staple?
Bison
Deer
Fish
Rabbit
LESSON 3: The first horses to come to North Am. came with the Spanish in the---?
(a)
LESSON 3: The Great Plains Indians used bison hides for-----?
Teepee covers
Boats
Clothing
Teepee covers and boats
All of thee above
LESSON 3: Council meetings took place in the---- and were held-----?
Winter; in the valleys
Spring; by the rivers
summer; on the plains
fall; in the mountains
LESSON 3: Between 1830-1840, the bison was hunted for its hide to make what fashionable item?
(a)
LESSON 3: the----was performed in hopes of freeing the Am. Indians from white settlers?
(a)
LESSON 3: The Dawes Act encouraged the Great Plains Indians to become------?
Farmers
Ranchers
traders
miners
LESSON 3: Answer with Both, men, women
Made teepee covers
(a)
LESSSON 3: Who made teepees
Both mean and women
men
women
LESSON 3: Who put up and took down teepees?
Both men and women
women
men
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)
LESSON 3: The--- was a religous ceremony which renewed the relationship between the people, land, and------?
Sun Dance; Spirit world
Ghost Dance; Spirit world
Ghost Dance; lord
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
False
True
LESSON 2: The Chishol Trail was an established cattle drive route which ran from Texas and ended in-----?
Oklahoma
Maine
Ohio
Kansas
LESSON 2: The Homestead Act was issued in what year?
(a)
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
Ranchers
Farmers
Native Am.
RR. owners
LESSON 2: The populist party was also called the----- party?
(a)
The Populist supported the----while the Republicans supported the-----?
Gold standard; free silver plan
Free silver plan; gold standard
LESSON 2: The------were a group of African Am. settlers who moved to Kansas
(a)
LESSON 2: What date was the Oklahoma land rush on?
April 16th, 1899
January 3, 1970
February 22nd, 1878
April 22nd, 1889
LESSON 2: What was the name given to Oklahoma land seekers who lined up on the border waiting for the signal?
(a)
LESSON 2: What was the name given to the Oklahoma land seekers who crossed the border before the signal?
(a)
LESSON 2: Farmers on the plains use----to pump water from underground water wells?
(a)
LESSON 2: List one example of the demands made on the government by Populist party?
(a)
