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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.

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Cities, Cars and Rockets: The 1900s

D2.Geo.11.3-5

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Choose the best answer.

1.In 1920, for the first time, what did the census show?
  • A.Every American lived on a farm
  • B.More Americans lived in cities and towns than in the countryside
  • C.Nobody lived in cities
2.The Wright brothers flew the first powered airplane in 1903. Where?
  • A.Over the Grand Canyon
  • B.Near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
  • C.In San Francisco
3.How did air conditioning, common after the 1950s, change where people lived?
  • A.More people moved to hot Southern and Western states
  • B.Everyone moved to Alaska
  • C.People left the South
4.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
5.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
6.What did the Interstate Highway Act of 1956 do?
  • A.Built the first railroad
  • B.Paid for highways linking cities across the country
  • C.Banned cars from cities
7.What happened on July 20, 1969?
  • A.California became a state
  • B.The first airplane flew
  • C.American astronauts landed on the Moon
8.Oil gushed from Spindletop in 1901. How did oil change the country?
  • A.It fueled cars and factories and built new oil towns
  • B.It was only used for candles
  • C.It ended the use of cars

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Answer key — Cities, Cars and Rockets: The 1900s

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  1. 1.More Americans lived in cities and towns than in the countryside
  2. 2.Near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
  3. 3.More people moved to hot Southern and Western states
  4. 4.Many more families owning cars
  5. 5.Rockets and computers needed engineers, scientists and factory workers
  6. 6.Paid for highways linking cities across the country
  7. 7.American astronauts landed on the Moon
  8. 8.It fueled cars and factories and built new oil towns

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Geo.11.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.