Cities, Cars and Rockets: The 1900s is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on how the 1900s changed where and how Americans worked, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.Geo.11.3-5. It prints 8 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
1.Why did the space program create jobs in many states?
A.Astronauts needed farmers to fly
B.It hired only cowboys
C.Rockets and computers needed engineers, scientists and factory workers
2.Henry Ford's assembly line, from 1913, made cars faster and cheaper. What did that lead to?
A.Many more families owning cars
B.The end of factories
C.Fewer roads being built
3.In what year was NASA created to run the US space program?
A.1958
B.1776
C.1865
4.Why did suburbs grow around cities after 1945?
A.Trains stopped running
B.Cities were closed
C.Cars and new highways let people live farther from work
5.Oil gushed from Spindletop in 1901. How did oil change the country?
A.It was only used for candles
B.It fueled cars and factories and built new oil towns
C.It ended the use of cars
6.Why did many African Americans take part in the Great Migration?
A.Because the South had no farms
B.To escape unfair laws and violence and to find better jobs
C.To find gold in California
7.What did the Interstate Highway Act of 1956 do?
A.Paid for highways linking cities across the country
B.Built the first railroad
C.Banned cars from cities
8.What happened on July 20, 1969?
A.The first airplane flew
B.California became a state
C.American astronauts landed on the Moon
LessonPrint · D2.Geo.11.3-5 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Cities, Cars and Rockets: The 1900s
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.Rockets and computers needed engineers, scientists and factory workers
2.Many more families owning cars
3.1958
4.Cars and new highways let people live farther from work
5.It fueled cars and factories and built new oil towns
6.To escape unfair laws and violence and to find better jobs
7.Paid for highways linking cities across the country
8.American astronauts landed on the Moon
Questions about Cities, Cars and Rockets: The 1900s
What does the Cities, Cars and Rockets: The 1900s worksheet cover?
It practices how the 1900s changed where and how Americans worked — 8 questions for Grade 3 to Grade 5, all on C3 Framework D2.Geo.11.3-5: Describe how the work done in a place changes as it connects to other places. The instruction to students is “Choose the best answer”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which C3 Framework indicator does Cities, Cars and Rockets: The 1900s practice?
D2.Geo.11.3-5, under Geography for Grade 3 to Grade 5. The published indicator reads: “Describe how the spatial patterns of economic activities in a place change over time because of interactions with nearby and distant places.” The worksheet assesses that indicator rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Cities, Cars and Rockets: The 1900s is written for Grade 3 to Grade 5, typically ages 40-41. It is one of the sheets on D2.Geo.11.3-5, so it suits any student working at that standard — including older students revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Cities, Cars and Rockets: The 1900s come with an answer key?
Yes. All 8 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.
How many different versions of Cities, Cars and Rockets: The 1900s can I print?
25 — one per student, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.
Is Cities, Cars and Rockets: The 1900s free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Cities, Cars and Rockets: The 1900s, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.
More practice for D2.Geo.11.3-5
Describe how the work done in a place changes as it connects to other places.