Question 1 of 10
TEKS 26A-28B Easy Word
Alexander Graham Bell invented:
A the light bulb
B the radio
C the telegraph
D the telephone
Explanation
📌 The telephone (1876). Revolutionary communication device.
Question 2 of 10
TEKS 17A-19E Medium Word
McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) established:
A implied powers of the federal government
B the right to bear arms
C states can tax the federal government
D slavery is illegal
Explanation
📌 Federal government has implied powers. States cannot tax federal institutions. 'Power to tax is power to destroy.'
Question 3 of 10
TEKS 26A-28B Easy Word
The Wright Brothers are famous for:
A the first powered airplane flight
B building the railroad
C discovering electricity
D inventing the automobile
Explanation
📌 First successful powered airplane flight (1903, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina). 12 seconds.
Question 4 of 10
TEKS 23A-25D Easy Word
The Underground Railroad was:
A a network helping enslaved people escape to freedom
B a subway system
C an actual railroad
D a trade route
Explanation
📌 Network of routes and safe houses to help enslaved people escape to freedom. Harriet Tubman was a famous 'conductor.'
Question 5 of 10
TEKS 23A-25D Medium Word
The abolitionist movement sought to:
A expand slavery
B limit immigration
C promote temperance
D end slavery
Explanation
📌 End slavery. Leaders: Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, William Lloyd Garrison. Underground Railroad.
Question 6 of 10
TEKS 15A-16E Medium Word
The Gilded Age (1870s-1900) was characterized by:
A widespread equality
B peaceful labor relations
C rapid industrialization and extreme wealth inequality
D agricultural decline
Explanation
📌 Rapid industrialization, wealth inequality, political corruption, immigration boom, monopolies. Term coined by Mark Twain.
Question 7 of 10
TEKS 1A-6B Easy Word
Ulysses S. Grant was:
A Confederate general
B Union general and 18th President
C inventor
D abolitionist only
Explanation
📌 Union general who won the Civil War. Later 18th President (1869-1877). Reconstruction era.
Question 8 of 10
TEKS 1A-6B Easy Word
The Compromise of 1820 (Missouri Compromise):
A created the Constitution
B ended slavery
C balanced slave and free states
D started the Civil War
Explanation
📌 Missouri=slave, Maine=free. Line at 36°30'. Balanced Senate. Henry Clay=Great Compromiser.
Question 9 of 10
TEKS 1A-6B Easy Word
George Washington is known as the 'Father of His Country' because:
A he invented democracy
B he discovered America
C he was the first President and led the nation's founding
D he wrote the Constitution alone
Explanation
📌 Led Continental Army to victory, presided over Constitutional Convention, first President. Set precedents for the office.
Question 10 of 10
TEKS 26A-28B Easy Word
The telephone was invented by:
A Thomas Edison
B Alexander Graham Bell
C Samuel Morse
D Nikola Tesla
Explanation
📌 Alexander Graham Bell (1876). Revolutionized communication.