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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

NameDate

Choose the best answer.

1.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
2.In what year was NASA created to run the US space program?
  • A.1865
  • B.1958
  • C.1776
3.Henry Ford's assembly line, from 1913, made cars faster and cheaper. What did that lead to?
  • A.The end of factories
  • B.Fewer roads being built
  • C.Many more families owning cars
4.Why did the space program create jobs in many states?
  • A.Astronauts needed farmers to fly
  • B.Rockets and computers needed engineers, scientists and factory workers
  • C.It hired only cowboys
5.In 1920, for the first time, what did the census show?
  • A.Nobody lived in cities
  • B.Every American lived on a farm
  • C.More Americans lived in cities and towns than in the countryside
6.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
7.Oil gushed from Spindletop in 1901. How did oil change the country?
  • A.It ended the use of cars
  • B.It fueled cars and factories and built new oil towns
  • C.It was only used for candles
8.What happened on July 20, 1969?
  • A.California became a state
  • B.The first airplane flew
  • C.American astronauts landed on the Moon

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

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  1. 1.Near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
  2. 2.1958
  3. 3.Many more families owning cars
  4. 4.Rockets and computers needed engineers, scientists and factory workers
  5. 5.More Americans lived in cities and towns than in the countryside
  6. 6.To escape unfair laws and violence and to find better jobs
  7. 7.It fueled cars and factories and built new oil towns
  8. 8.American astronauts landed on the Moon

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