Download PROG-SCAVENGER HUNT

A PAHS PROGRESSIVISM SCAVENGER HUNT USING ICONIC STAMPS FOR THE ERA
PLEASE ANSWE ALL 10 QUESTIONS
In this exercise you will be visiting different websites for the purpose of introducing you to some of the events
and ideas of the Progressive Era. The questions below should be answered as you are visiting the websites.
Please type your answers these directly to this document online, print it out and turn it in; you can also submit it
to me through email by attaching it to an email after you have saved it to your document folder. Below are the
instructions for these activities:
Several years ago the post office issued a series of stamps that celebrated events and people of the Twentieth
Century. "The stamps celebrate things we pretty much take for granted today. They remind us that cars and
planes are inventions from nearly a hundred years ago -- that we wouldn't want to live without." We will use
the information that was provided with the stamps to explore the events of the first decade of the Twentieth
Century
THE DAWN OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
The following text is from the 1900s Celebrate the Century stamp sheet.
"Sixty percent of Americans lived on farms or in small towns. Immigrants were arriving at an average of 100 an
hour. Railroads dominated land travel, but 1900 saw the first U.S. auto show and 1908 the first family
transcontinental car trip. In 1908, Henry Ford made automobiles more affordable with the Model T. The Wright
brothers stunned the world with their first airplane flight in 1903, and the game of baseball grew up.
"President Theodore Roosevelt protected 148 million acres as national forests. The first daily comic strip, "Mutt
and Jeff," appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle. The Ash Can School brought realism back to the art world.
"Muckrakers exposed corruption: Ida Tarbell attacked monopoly in the oil industry, and Upton Sinclair revealed
shocking conditions in the meat industry. In 1909, the newly formed NAACP promoted equal rights for African
Americans. New words crept into the American vocabulary in this decade -- words such as cheerleader,
filmmaker, phony, and psychoanalysis. "
IMMIGRANTS ARRIVE
Ellis Island was the nation's principal immigration station between 1892 and 1954. During the peak decade,
1900 to 1909, an average of 100 immigrants arrived each hour.
Question 1: How many immigrants came into the United States through Ellis Island between 1892 and
1954? Go to the Ellis Island Immigration Museum to find the answer. You can type it in the text box here:
20 Million immigrants passed through Ellis Island Before its closing in 1954
1904 ST. LOUIS WORLD'S FAIR
The Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904 was also known as the St. Louis World's Fair. Americans were
already enjoying ice cream, but the ice-cream cone became popular at the fair.
Question 2: At the Word's Fair, Festival Hall was a large, gold-domed building that housed a 3,500-seat
auditorium and the world's largest pipe organ. After the fair, that organ was dismantled and loaded into 13
railroad cars. Where is that organ today?
After the fair, the statue was returned to Alabama, and today looks out from Red Mountain over the city of
Birmingham.
Go to the Meet Me at the Fair Web site; visit The Heart of the Fair to answer the question.
KITTY HAWK 1903
On December 17, 1903, at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, the Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur, achieved the
first controlled, powered flight in an airplane.
Question 3: The Wright brothers are most famous for their air exploits, but before they got involved in
flying, they had a successful "ground" business. What kind of business did they own?
They expanded in 1892, establishing a bicycle sales and repair facility. By 1896, they were
manufacturing bicycles of their own design.
You can find that answer at the Wright Brothers National Memorial, a National Park Service Web page.
MODEL T FORD
The low-priced, 4-cylinder, 20-horsepower Model T Ford made the automobile more affordable for the average
American. One of its nicknames was the "Tin Lizzie."
Question 4: The 1909 Model T came in four styles -- the touring car, the runabout, the coupe, and the town
car. How much did a brand new Model T Touring car cost in 1909?
factory price of $850.
The answer to that question can be found on the Web site of The Model T Ford Club International. Look for the
Prices link.
PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT
The 26th president of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt, promoted conservation and earned the Nobel
Peace Prize for helping to negotiate an end to the Russo-Japanese War.
Question 5: Teddy Roosevelt became president when President William McKinley was assassinated.
Before he became president, Roosevelt was the governor of New York and a war hero. In which war did he lead
a group called the Rough Rider Regiment to victory?
Rough Riders is the name bestowed on the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry, one of three such regiments
raised in 1898 for theSpanish-American War and the only one of the three to see action
You can learn the name of that war on the White House History and Tours Web site. Go to Teddy Roosevelt on
the Presidents of the United States page.
ROBIE HOUSE, CHICAGO
Frank Lloyd Wright is considered one of the nation's most innovative architects. The masterpiece of his early
work, constructed in the Prairie House style, is the Robie House in Chicago.
Question 6: Robie House caused quite a stir when it was completed in 1910. Construction of the house had
gone quickly. How many months did that construction take?
24 months.
You can read about one of Frank Lloyd Wright's most famous projects on the Frederick C. Robie House Web
page.
FIRST WORLD SERIES
The championship games of 1903 are considered baseball's first (modern-day) World Series. Boston, of the
American League, beat Pittsburgh, of the National League, five games to three in a best-of-nine series.
Question 7: Most people didn't expect the Boston Red Sox to win the 1903 World Series, but the Sox did it
by winning the last four games. What was the score of the final game of the series?
0-3.
Find the answer to that question on the History of the World Series: 1903 Web page from The Sporting News.
W.E.B. DU BOIS, SOCIAL ACTIVIST
An educator and author, W.E.B. Du Bois promoted the cause of equality for all Americans. He helped found the
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
Question 8: As a young man, Du Bois left his Massachusetts home and moved to Tennessee. There he saw
the horrible conditions in which many rural black people lived. The move to Tennessee changed his life! Why
did Du Bois move to Tennessee in the first place?
Du Bois moved to Tennesse because he lived in poverty so moving to nashville helped him out.
To find the answer to that question, take a look at a biographical essay The Achievement of W.E.B. Du Bois.
CRAYOLA CRAYONS 1903
The first box of Crayola crayons was produced in 1903. It cost 5 cents and contained eight colors: black, brown,
blue, red, violet, orange, yellow, and green.
Question 9: Binney & Smith, the company that makes Crayola products, got its start making pigments that
were used in red paint (for painting barns) and that gave tires their black coloring. Soon the company also began
making products for use in schools. What were the first two school products that Binney & Smith produced?
Go to the Binney Smith Corp website to find out.
Pencils & Crayola.
Question 10: Go to the Crayola web site to answer the following questions: When was the first box of crayons
produced? How many colors were in a box? What were those colors?
1903 First box of Crayola crayons produced with eight colors; black, brown, blue, red, purple, orange, yellow,
and green.
THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY 1903
The Great Train Robbery, directed by Edwin S. Porter in 1903, was one of the most successful story films. This
box-office hit became part of the Western genre.
Question 10: The first narrative film ever made, The Great Train Robbery, was based on a true event that
happened in August 1900 near Table Rock, Wyoming. Where did director Edwin S. Potter film the movie
version of this story?
it was filmed in Milltown, New Jersey.
To learn where the film was made, read the story behind The Great Train Robbery.