Quiz 25 Flashcards
1
Q
The life expectancy of men and women in the early 1900s was ______________ than it is now
A
Shorter
2
Q
How did standard time get instituted in the United States?
A
The railroads established it
3
Q
This was the was the first American black woman to head a federal agency
A
Mary McLeod Bethune
4
Q
This was a famous mail train that traveled from New York to Chicago
A
Fast Mail
5
Q
This canal was built during Theodore Roosevelt’s Presidency
A
The Panama Canal
6
Q
This man led the first expedition to reach the North Pole
A
Robert Peary
7
Q
This man was a famous railroad engineer who died trying to slow down his crashing train
A
Casey Jones
8
Q
Name the five major world powers at the beginning of the 1900s.
A
- The United States
- Germany
- Russia
- France
- Great Britain
