Name:________________

Date:______________

Social Studies

Mrs. Price

Watch, listen, and fill in the blanks!

• Massachusetts sent many soldiers to fight in the American Civil War, including the 54th Massachusetts_________Regiment, which fought at Fort Wagner, near Charleston, South Carolina. The______ Armory produced nearly 800,000 rifles to be used in the war.
  
  
• Around the time of the Civil War, Boston was filling in a huge area which was known then, and is known now, as the _______________
  
   
• Factories in Massachusetts made a wide variety of products, including shoes, watches, and __________ in the late 1800s.
  
   
• Many immigrants came to Massachusetts and worked in factories and on farms. Three of the countries they came from were _________ _____________ and ______________
  
   
• Until about 1910, 1 out of every ____ children was working on a farm or in a factory in Massachusetts.
  
   
• In _______ an influenza (flu) epidemic hit Massachusetts hard, and 22,000 people died.
  
   
• During the Great _____________ of the 1930s, many people were out of work, and times were hard.\
  
   
• The Swift River Valley was evacuated, dammed, and flooded to form the ___________ Reservoir, which supplies water to _____________________ was the 4th Massachusetts man to become President.