Turn Of The Century America Question Preview (ID: 51580)
5th Grade Social Studies.
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Which of the following was the MOST common reason for people to immigrate to the US?
a) to learn farming methods
b) to live in big cities
c) to find religious freedom
d) to ride on cattle trails
What event related to the USS Maine signaled the beginning of the Spanish-American War?
a) the ship stalled
b) the ship exploded
c) the ship's voyage was canceled
d) the ships flag was removed
What interested Alexander Graham Bell and led him to invent the telephone?
a) ways to earn money
b) changing the world
c) deaf people
d) calling his mother
What BEST describes the treatment of African American cowboys by other cowboys?
a) little interest
b) concern over timliness
c) jealousy about work
d) less harsh discrimination
Which statement BEST describes the cattle trail?
a) Cattle all ran together on the cattle trails because there was no way to separate them
b) Texas economy was able to recover from the Civil War because of money from the cattle trade
c) People in business had little interest in supplying cattle to people in the East or Europe
d) cattle trails generally started in the east and traveled west to Oklahoma and Kansas
Why was George Washington Carver important in American history?
a) He invented the airplane
b) He created the light bulb
c) He taught a new way to farm
d) he figured out a new way to play music
How did Thomas Edison's invention change life in the United States
a) production increased because factories could stay open after dark and produce more goods
b) People were able to travel to other countries more quickly
c) People were able to communicate freely over wires
d) Farmers produced more goods because of the skills they learned
In 1900 most immigrants were coming to America from which parts of the world?
a) Europe
b) Africa
c) Asia
d) Australia
Where did the Wright Brothers choose for their first flight?
a) Their home town in Ohio
b) Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
c) Albany, Georgia
d) New York City, New York
Who was president of the US during the Spanish American War?
a) Theodore Roosevelt
b) Abraham Lincoln
c) Amy Rigdon
d) William McKinley
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