Decade Quiz: 1900s

Quiz

1. Which of the following became a state during this decade?

2.

President William McKinley was shot on September 6, 1901, by Polish-American anarchist Leon Czolgosz. Where did it happen?

  • In Buffalo, N.Y.
  • In Dallas, Tex.

  • In Phoenix, Ariz.

3.

In 1905 Albert Einstein proposed the theory of relativity. What was his nationality?

  • American
  • German
  • Swiss

4.

In what year did San Francisco burn for three days, following an earthquake that measured 8.3 on the Richter scale?

  • 1909
  • 1906
  • 1900

5. What killed an astounding 1.3 million people in India in 1907?

  • A typhoon

  • Famine
  • The bubonic plague

1. Which of the following became a state during this decade?
Oklahoma

2.

President William McKinley was shot on September 6, 1901, by Polish-American anarchist Leon Czolgosz. Where did it happen?


In Buffalo, N.Y.

3.

In 1905 Albert Einstein proposed the theory of relativity. What was his nationality?


Swiss

4.

In what year did San Francisco burn for three days, following an earthquake that measured 8.3 on the Richter scale?


1906

5. What killed an astounding 1.3 million people in India in 1907?

The bubonic plague

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