WorksheetsAmerica Story of US Episode 4 – “Division”
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
What is the biggest construction project in the western world in the last 4,000 years?
Erie Canal
Golden Gate Bridge
Hoover Dam
Panama Canal
Who is the man behind the canal?
Dewitt Clinton
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Alexander Hamilton
What do crews use to move the mountain that is so highly explosive?
gun powder
dynamite
water
steam
Name a village along the canal boom that turned into a dynamic city.
New York City
Albany
Buffalo
Rochester
What happened to NYC as a result of the Erie Canal?
it quadrupled in size and became the #1 port
it lost its status as a major city
it became the capital of the United States
it was abandoned by most of its residents
What word is invented as a result of all the money around NYC?
millionaire
billionaire
philanthropist
banker
How long did it take to separate 1 pound of cotton from the seeds by hand?
1 day
1 hour
1 week
10 minutes
How much more cotton could one man process with the cotton gin?
50 times more
5 times more
100 times more
10 times more
What happened to the need for slaves following the cotton gin?
The need grew
The need disappeared
The need stayed the same
The need decreased
What new machine turned raw cotton into finished cloth that helped create the modern factory?
power loom
spinning jenny
cotton gin
water frame
How much were women paid per week working in the Lowell Mills?
$2.00
$5.00
$10.00
$15.00
How can someone trace the technology of looms to computers today?
through binary code
through steam engines
through magnetic tapes
through vacuum tubes
What was used to power lights at night during this time period?
whale oil
electricity
natural gas
solar panels
What modern day organization still uses this to power the Hubble space telescope?
NASA
ESA
ISRO
JAXA
What percentage of African Americans in the U.S. were slaves?
90%
50%
25%
10%
Why did Frederick Douglas have a better chance at escaping to freedom than other slaves?
he could read
he was given a horse
he was friends with his master
he lived in the North
What was the best chance for most slaves to escape to their freedom?
Underground Railroad
Emancipation Proclamation
Homestead Act
Missouri Compromise
Who is born the same month that Harriet Tubman dies?
Rosa Parks
Martin Luther King Jr.
Sojourner Truth
Frederick Douglass
What law in September 1850 made it so no African American was safe anywhere?
Fugitive Slave Law
Missouri Compromise
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Emancipation Proclamation
What book published in 1852 becomes the best selling book of the century after the bible?
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Moby-Dick
Jane Eyre
Great Expectations
Who is the one man in Kansas that will stop at nothing to abolish slavery?
John Brown
Stephen Douglas
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
What ultimately happens to this man after his failed attempt to start a slave revolt at Harpers Ferry?
he is arrested, tried for murder & treason and executed
he escapes to Canada and lives in hiding
he is pardoned and released by the government
he becomes a senator in the U.S. Congress
The North is behind Lincoln, but for the South Lincoln is the __.
enemy
friend
leader
neighbor
What was the first state to secede on December 20, 1860?
South Carolina
Georgia
Virginia
Texas
What was Lincoln’s reluctant position of slavery at his inauguration?
he hated slavery but wanted to hold the nation together
he fully supported the expansion of slavery
he wanted to abolish slavery immediately at any cost
he believed slavery should be allowed everywhere
