The Johnstown Flood Quiz | Eight Week Quiz B

David McCullough
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 136 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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The Johnstown Flood Quiz | Eight Week Quiz B

David McCullough
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the names of the bodies of water that flowed through Johnstown?
(a) Stony Creek and Sandy Vale.
(b) Mineral Point and Little Conemaugh.
(c) Little Conemaugh and Sandy Vale.
(d) Little Conemaugh and Stony Creek.

2. What is the name of the lake that was 15 miles upriver from Johnstown and was held back by the dam?
(a) Lake Pennsylvania.
(b) Lake Conemaugh.
(c) Lake Michigan.
(d) Lake Huron.

3. In what year does Johnstown experience its first flood when a small dam breaks across Stony Creek?
(a) 1808.
(b) 1865.
(c) 1795.
(d) 1850.

4. What term did Johnstown residents use collectively for any immigrant willing to work cheap?
(a) Oklahomas.
(b) Jims.
(c) Hokies.
(d) Hunkies.

5. What is the name of the cemetery that was found along the river which kept Civil War veterans?
(a) Johnstown Cemetery.
(b) Sandy Vale Cemetery.
(c) Mineral Point Cemetery.
(d) Stony Creek Cemetery.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did the workers at the iron company in Johnstown make for a week's work?

2. What is the name of the company that provided steel and led to Johnstown's expansion to triple the size?

3. What birthday is the United States ready to celebrate the year of the Johnstown flood?

4. At what height did experts say the dam could not reach if the whole town didn't want to be threatened?

5. What was the last name of the first white settlers that came to Johnstown in 1771?

(see the answer key)

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