Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? History and Innovations Quiz

1. Chapter 3 Review

2. Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?

3. 1,000,000 500,000 300,000 5th Grade Topic 1 5th Grade Topic 2 Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? 175,000 100,000 4th Grade Topic 3 4th Grade Topic 4 50,000 3rd Grade Topic 5 3rd Grade Topic 6 25,000 10,000 2nd Grade Topic 7 2nd Grade Topic 8 5,000 2,000 1st Grade Topic 9 1st Grade Topic 10 1,000

4. 5th Grade Topic 1 Question • Put the following events in order: • A. The first telegraph line across the country was completed. • B. A new business called the Pony Express began delivering mail from Missouri to California in just 10 days. • C. The tracks of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific met at Promontory Point, Utah. • D. Samuel Morse developed a method of sending messages along wires.

5. 5th Grade Topic 1 Answer • B. A new business called the Pony Express began delivering mail from Missouri to California in just 10 days. • D. Samuel Morse developed a method of sending messages along wires. • A. The first telegraph line across the country was completed. • C. The tracks of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific met at Promontory Point, Utah.

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7. 5th Grade Topic 2 Question • Which innovation used electricity to send news across the country?

8. 5th Grade Topic 2 Answer • The telegraph

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10. 4th Grade Topic 3 Question • Which of the following best describes a major challenge faced by the Union Pacific Railroad? • A. conflict with Native Americans • B. conflict with Chinese immigrants • C. competition among other railroad companies. • D. the steep slopes of the Sierra Nevada

11. 4th Grade Topic 3 Answer • A. conflict with Native Americans

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13. 4th Grade Topic 4 Question • Which group made up the largest part of the Central Pacific’s workforce?

14. 4th Grade Topic 4 Answer • Chinese immigrants

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16. 3rd Grade Topic 5 Question • Which innovation allowed people and goods to travel across the country in just a week?

17. 3rd Grade Topic 5 Answer • The Transcontinental Railroad

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19. 3rd Grade Topic 6 Question • What was the main purpose of the Homestead Act? • A. to bring an end to cattle drives • B. to encourage settlement on the Great Plains • C. to defeat the Native Americans • D. to provide a market for steel plows

20. 3rd Grade Topic 6 Answer • To encourage settlement on the Great Plains

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22. 2nd Grade Topic 7 Question • Which of the following was NOT one of the challenges typically faced by homesteaders • A. high cost of land • B. harsh weather • C. large amount of grasshoppers • D. thick sod

23. 2nd Grade Topic 7 Answer • A. high cost of land

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25. 2nd Grade Topic 8 Question • Why did many exodusters come to the great plains? • A. European immigrants forced them from their homes in the East. • B. They wanted to hunt buffalo. • C. They faced discrimination and lack of opportunity in the East. • D. They were seeking religious freedom.

26. 2nd Grade Topic 8 Answer • C. They faced discrimination and lack of opportunity in the East.

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28. 1st Grade Topic 9 Question • Which of the following was NOT a way that technology helped pioneers turn the Great Plains into productive farmland? • A. Stronger steel plows were used on the thick grasses. • B. Windmills were used to pump water to the land’s surface. • C. Barbed wire was used to keep animals away from crops. • D. Sod was used as a building material to keep out bugs.

29. 1st Grade Topic 9 Answer • D. Sod was used as a building material to keep out bugs.

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31. 1st Grade Topic 10 Question • Why were cattle drives profitable for Texas ranchers? • A. Cattle grew fatter as they traveled the trails. • B. People paid to watch the cattle drives. • C. Cattle could be sold for more money in the East. • D. Railroads paid ranchers to use their services.

32. 1st Grade Topic 10 Answer • C. Cattle could be sold for more money in the East.

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34. Million Dollar QuestionGrade Level Topic 11

35. 1,000,000 Question • Put the following events in order: • A. The first telegraph line across the country was completed. • B. A new business called the Pony Express began delivering mail from Missouri to California in just 10 days. • C. The tracks of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific met at Promontory Point, Utah. • D. Samuel Morse developed a method of sending messages along wires.

36. 1,000,000 Answer • B. A new business called the Pony Express began delivering mail from Missouri to California in just 10 days. • D. Samuel Morse developed a method of sending messages along wires. • A. The first telegraph line across the country was completed. • C. The tracks of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific met at Promontory Point, Utah.

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