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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.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.The end of factories
  • B.Many more families owning cars
  • C.Fewer roads being built
3.From about 1910 to 1970, millions of African Americans moved from the South to cities in the North and West. What is this called?
  • A.The Gold Rush
  • B.The Great Migration
  • C.The Homestead Act
4.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
5.Why did suburbs grow around cities after 1945?
  • A.Cities were closed
  • B.Trains stopped running
  • C.Cars and new highways let people live farther from work
6.What happened on July 20, 1969?
  • A.American astronauts landed on the Moon
  • B.The first airplane flew
  • C.California became a state
7.Why did many African Americans take part in the Great Migration?
  • A.To find gold in California
  • B.To escape unfair laws and violence and to find better jobs
  • C.Because the South had no farms
8.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

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

Set 23. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Rockets and computers needed engineers, scientists and factory workers
  2. 2.Many more families owning cars
  3. 3.The Great Migration
  4. 4.Paid for highways linking cities across the country
  5. 5.Cars and new highways let people live farther from work
  6. 6.American astronauts landed on the Moon
  7. 7.To escape unfair laws and violence and to find better jobs
  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.