1. Sunken Millions for People in our Past
Kim McCoig
Grade 5
Copyright © 2002 Glenna R. Shaw and FTC Publishing
All Rights Reserved

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Level One
Level One

3. Who brought the idea of settlement houses from Britain to the
United States?
A. Clara Barton
B. Frederick
Douglas
C. Jane Addams
D. Sacagawea
$200

4. Who was the Confederate commander in the Civil War?
A. Adolf Hitler
B. Robert E. Lee
C. Dred Scot
D. Roger Williams
$400

5. Who was the African American civil rights leader who worked for
Integration in nonviolent ways?
A. Thomas Edison
B. Marco Polo
C. Martin Luther
King, Jr.
D. John F.
Kennedy
$600

6. phonograph and electric
Who was the person who
invented the
phonograph and electric
light bulb?
Thomas
Edison
B. Andrew
Johnson
C. Samuel
Morse
D. Samuel
Gompers
$800

7. Who was the 3rd president that was the main writer
of the Declaration
of Independence?
William
Harrison
B. John
Hancock
C. George
Washington
D. Thomas
Jefferson
$1000

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Level Two
Level Two

9. Who was the conductor of the Underground Railroad?
Abraham
Lincoln
B. Joseph
McCoy
C. Harriet
Tubman
D. Susan
Anthony
$2000

10. Which American automobile
manufacturer mass
produced cars using
an assembly?
Gerald
Ford
B. Andy
Griffith
C. Horace
Mann
D. Henry
Ford
$4000

11. Which African American
women refused
to give up her seat
on a Montgomery bus?
A. Patty Murray
B. Rosa Parks
C. Carrie Nation
D. Leslie Groves
$6000

12. Who was the the person that invented the telephone?
Henry
Ford
B. Thomas
Edison
C. Samuel
Morse
D. Alexander
Graham
Bell
$8000

13. Who as a President favored a strong Removal of Native Americans
Union and ordered
Removal of Native Americans
from their lands?
Patrick
Henry
B. Andrew
Jackson
C. Lyndon
Johnson
D. John
Kennedy
$10000

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Level Three
Level Three

15. Who was a favorite rock and roll
performer in the 1950s?
Elvis
Presley
B. Babe
Ruth
C. Bill
Clinton
D. John
Smith
$20000

16. What group of brothers pioneered
the first airplane?
A. Wright
B. Kennedy
C.Truman
D. Williams
$40000

17. Which President created
the New Deal?
Franklin D.
Roosevelt
B. John
Rockefeller
C. Jimmy
Carter
D. George
Bush
$60000

18. Which President gained land winning a war with Mexico?
for U. S. by setting a
northern border and
winning a war with Mexico?
Andrew
Jackson
B. Andrew
Johnson
C. James K.
Polk
D. Richard
Nixon
$80000

19. Which was a famous baseball player? Jack Dempsey B. Babe Ruth
C. Gomer
Pyle
D. James
Oglethorpe
$100000

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Level Four
Level Four

21. Who was the oil entrepreneur
who consolidated
many refineries into
one business?
Daniel
Shays
B. Richard
Nixon
C. John D.
Rockefeller
D. Paul
Roberson
$200000

22. Who meetings led to a thaw
in the Cold War?
Bill
Clinton
B. Ronald
Reagan
C. George
Bush
D. Jimmy
Carter
$400000

23. Who was a temperance reformer? A. Carry Nation B. Betsy Ross
C. Harriet Tubman
D. Mary Todd
Lincoln
$600000

24. What African American leader who disagreed with the views of Martin
Luther King, Jr.?
Chester
Nimitz
B. Cyrus
McCormick
C. George
Mitchell
D. Malcolm X
$800000

25. Who was the inventor of the cotton gin? Bill Pickett B. Eli Whitney
C. Orville
Wright
D. Samuel
Morse $

26. You’ve recovered the sunken millions.
Congratulations!
You’ve recovered the sunken millions.