Turn of the Century Quiz

Thomas Edison was an American inventor and businessman most well known for his development of the ____.

• Telephone

• Telegraph

• Radio

• Light bulb

Who invented the telephone?

• Albert Einstein

• Thomas Edison

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Eli Whitney

Cowboys led the cattle on the Chisholm Trail from San Antonio, Texas to which city?

• Nebraska

• Abilene

• Kansas

• Atlanta

An immigrant is ______.

• The way people use resources to meet their needs

• A person who comes to live in a country from their home country

• Searching the unknown

• A person who is not in the military

What is a common reason people immigrate to the United States?

• Better medicines and health care

• The climate is better in the United States

• Better opportunities for jobs and wealth

• The land is flat and better for crops

Cattle trails started in Texas where the cattle were driven north to Kansas. Why did the cowboys stop the cattle in Kansas?

• Kansas had railroads

• Texas was part of Mexico

• Kansas was close to the ocean

• Kansas has steamboats

George Washington Carver found many uses for _____.

• Sweet potatoes

• Oranges

• Grapes

• Peanuts

In what year did the Wright Brothers fly the first airplane?

• 1860

• 2016

• 1903

• 1910

Why did freed slaves go to Texas and work as cowboys in the years after the Civil War?

• They thought the cowboy life was easy

• They were treated equally to white cowboys

• They were sold to Texas ranchers

• They could own land in California

President Roosevelt oversaw the building of the Panama Canal. The MOST important reason to build the canal was _____.

• To connect the Mississippi River to the Atlantic Ocean

• To connect the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean

• To connect North America to South America

• To connect Europe to North America