1. What was one challenge for people who settled in the area in red on the map. *Image is attached.*

a. Settlers had no access to water.
b. The area was overcrowded with settlers.
c. The property was very expensive for settlers and few could afford the land
d. Settlers had to survive very cold winters or severe droughts.

2. Immigrants from Europe entered through Ellis Island in the New York harbor, but immigrants mostly from ________________ entered San Francisco’s Angel Island.

a. Asia
b. India
c. Columbia
d. Alaska

3. Thomas Alva Edison invented things such as a phonograph and movie camera. He was most known for inventing the—

A. automobile
B. plane
C. light bulb
D. telephone

4. This person was responsible for getting Southerners to grow peanuts and sweet potatoes and developing many ways to use these crops. Who was he?

a. George Washington Carver
b. Henry Ford
c. William Boeing
d. Alexander Graham Bell


5. “Mr. Watson, come here. I want to see you.”

The statement above was believed to be the—

A. first message sent by submarine
B. first telephone call made by Alexander Graham Bell
C. first message by Thomas Alva Edison
D. first telegraph sent by Samuel Morse


6. A product is put together as it moves past a line of workers. Each worker works on one part of the product before the product moves to the next worker. So more products can be made faster and more cheaply.

The excerpt above is describing the ______________ that was created by______________________.

A. steel production; J.P. Morgan
B. assembly line; Henry Ford
C. road repair; Harvey S. Firestone
D. airplane parts production; William Boeing

Answer:

a. Settlers had no access to water.

a. Asia

C. light bulb

d. Alexander Graham Bell

Explanation:

1. What territory did the United States gain as a result of the Mexican Cession?
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