Chapter 5 Social Studies

What did the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 demonstrate?

• Communities need continuity.
• People change their community over time.
• Changes in a community usually happen slowly.
• Changes in a community can happen very fast.

In what year did Susan B. Anthony meet with President Roosevelt?

• 1820
• 1869
• 1905
• 1920

How much time passed between Anthony's birth and when women won the right to vote?

• a decade
• a century
• a millenium
• an era

What can we know about Anthony from the time line?

• Her ideas were popular.
• She worked for women's suffrage
• She was an anti-slavery activist
• She helped maintain continuity.

What was known as "the Father of Railways" after he developed the train engine?

• George Stephenson
• Elisha Otis
• William Jenney
• Samuel Morse

How do inventors make changes to the community?

• They write slogans to get their message across. 
• They lay railroad tracks to connect communities.
• They come up with new ideas to improve they way people live and work.
• They lead peaceful marches against unfair laws.

What do the telegraph and the telephone have in common?

• They were both invented by Alexander Graham Bell.
• They were both invented to speed up communication.
• They were both invented in the 1900s
• They were both invented to replace written communication.

How did Ford's Model T cars change transportation.

• They were the first automobiles.
• They were one-of-a-kind.
• They led to the invention of the airplane.
• They made it possible for more people to buy cars.

What is the first step you must take when sending an email?

• Log on to an e-mail account.
• Type your name.
• Type in your friend's e-mail address.
• Click the send button.

At what point should you click the Send button?

• after you log on to an e-mail account
• after you type a letter
• after you type your name
• after you type in your friend's email address