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7th grade · Social Studies · Unit 7 of 8

Washington Since 1889

Fires, dams, wars and change

What your child practices

The Seattle fire, the Chinese expulsions, women's suffrage in 1910, Grand Coulee Dam, Japanese American incarceration, Hanford, the 1962 World's Fair, Mount St. Helens and the people who shaped modern Washington.

Washington State Learning Standards learning standard: H2.6-8.2; H2.6-8.3; H2.6-8.4; H3.6-8.3 · people, movements, groups and technology that shaped Washington after statehood

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980. What was one effect?

    • Nothing happened
    • It moved Seattle
    • It created Puget Sound
    • Ash fell across eastern Washington and 57 people died

  2. Question 2

    The Seattle General Strike of 1919 was…

    • An earthquake
    • A gold rush
    • A five-day strike by about 65,000 workers
    • A baseball game

  3. Question 3

    The Seattle World's Fair of 1962 left which landmark?

    • The Gateway Arch
    • The Space Needle
    • The Golden Gate Bridge
    • The Statue of Liberty

  4. Question 4

    Bertha Knight Landes was elected mayor of Seattle in 1926. Why was this notable?

    • She founded Boeing
    • She was a pharaoh
    • She was the first governor
    • She was the first woman mayor of a major US city

  5. Question 5

    In 1885 and 1886, mobs in Tacoma and Seattle forced out…

    • French traders
    • Tribal leaders
    • Chinese residents
    • Norwegian fishers

  6. Question 6

    Gary Locke, elected in 1996, was the first…

    • Senator from Oregon
    • Governor of Washington
    • Chinese American governor in US history
    • Mayor of Seattle

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