[Imagine it is the summer of 1900 as you take this little qu=
iz. All answers are based on the book "When My Grandmother Was a Child=
" by Leigh W. Ruttledge, so cannot vouch 100% for accuracy. Life today=
is NOT the “norm” in American history. My grandparents were te=
enagers in 1900, so it’s just not that long ago.]
1. In 1900, the ave=
rage life expectancy in the United States was ________ years.
2. In 1900, =
only ____ percent of the homes in the United States had a bathtub.
3. In 19=
00, there were only ________ cars in the US.
4. In 1900, there were less t=
han __________ miles of paved roads.
5. In 1900, a three-minute phone cal=
l from Denver to New York City cost about $________
6. In 1900, only _____=
__ percent of the homes had a telephone.
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7. In 1900, the American flag had =
______ stars.
8. In 1900, California had a mere ______ residents.
9. In 190=
0, states like Alabama, Iowa, and Mississippi ranked ahead of California in=
population. Today California is first, but 125 years ago it was ranked the=
_______ most populous state in the Union.
10. In 1900, the tallest structu=
re in the world was ____________________.
11. In 1900, the average wage in =
the US was about _________ an hour.
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12. In 1900, the average US non-farm wo=
rker made about $________ per year.
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13. In 1900, more than ______percent of=
all births in the United States took place at home.
14. In 1900, ______ pe=
rcent of all US physicians had no formal college education but attended med=
ical training schools or learned medicine with a mentor.
15. In 1900, most =
women washed their hair about _______ times a year and used borax or egg yo=
lks for shampoo.
16.In 1900, ______ percent of all Americans had graduate=
d from high school.
17. In 1900, ______ percent of households in the United=
States had at least one full-time servant or domestic.
18. In 1900, there =
were about _________ reported murders in the entire U.S. annually.
19. In 1=
900, the population of Las Vegas, Nevada was __________.
20. In 1900, sugar=
cost ___________ a pound.
21. In 1900, only 1 in ______ people in America=
were of races other than white.
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22. In 1900, the Eastman Kodak Company int=
roduced the Brownie camera, priced at $_______.
23. In 1900, a first-class =
postage stamp cost _________.
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24. In 1900, the deadliest natural disaster e=
ver recorded in the USA happened in __________________.
25. In 1900, the po=
pulation of the United States topped ______ million.
BONUS: In 1900, what w=
as any ONE of the FIVE leading causes of death in the US? _______________
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Dr. Bob Griffin
“Abhorring all my sin, adoring only Him”
[email protected] www.grif.net=
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