America at the Turn of the Century

Light bulbs powered by electricity improved the ability to work, read, and even play after dark because of ____________.

• Thomas Edison

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Theodore Roosevelt

• George Washington Carver

The telephone improved the ability to communicate. It was much more user friendly then the telegraph and Morse Code. American life changed because of _______________.

• George Washington Carver

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Thomas Edison

• Black Cowboys of Texas

Farmers in Georgia and Alabama were able to make much more money because many companies now wanted peanuts and sweet potatoes to make hundreds of new products because of ______________.

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Black Cowboys of Texas

• Thomas Edison

• George Washington Carver

The ________________________. changed America because airplanes would become a part of national defense, improved transportation, and helped businesses move supplies quickly.

• Black Cowboys of Texas

• Wright Brothers

• Thomas Edison

• George Washington Carver

According to the chart, what continent did most immigrants come to the United States from?

• Asia

• The Americas

• Europe

• Other

Who invented the phonograph?

• Barak Obama

• The Wright Brothers

• Thomas Edison

• Mrs. Lee

The Homestead Act was when the United States gave away ___________ to settlers.

• lumber to build houses

• plots of land

• seeds to grow crops

• wagons to travel out west

Why did the United States need more land?

• to test new farming methods out west

• to gain control over the land to the west

• to force the French to leave North America

• to make room for their growing population

The most popular route people travelled along to move west was?

• The Trail of Tears

• The Oregon Trail

• The Mississippi Expedition

• The Rocky Mountain Trail

During Westward Expansion the United States more than doubled in size.

• True

• False