Chapter 5 "New Industries and People"

_________ and _________ played an important role in building the Transcontinental Railroad?

• African Americans and women

• African Americans and Native Americans

• Chinese and Irish

• Miners and Steelworkers

How did the U.S. government speed up work on the Transcontinental Railroad?

• It gave the companies land and money based on how much track they laid

• Gave more money to workers who did the easiest jobs

• Provided iron rails and other supplies

• Ordered former soldiers to help lay the track

Which person best fits the description of an entrepreneur?

• Irving Berlin

• John D. Rockefeller

• Samuel Gompers

• John Philip Sousa

Whose inventions made electricity available to homes and factories?

• George Westinghouse

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Thomas Alva Edison

• William Jenney

Where did most immigrants settle when they came to the U.S.?

• In the south

• In small towns

• In rural areas

• In cities

What did Jane Addams do to help poor people living in cities?

• Founded the Hull House

• Took pictures

• Wrote newspaper stories

• Brought people food

How did advertisements increase immigration to the U.S.?

• Offered better medical care to sick people

• Promised land if you would help build skyscrapers

• Promised they could own 20 acres each

• Attracted poor people who needed jobs

Many immigrants lived in ________ in the late 1800's and early 1900's.

• California

• Tenements

• Settlement Houses

• Tents on the Transcontinental Railroad

__________ invented the air brake for railroad cars.

• Jacob Riis

• The Big Four

• George Westinghouse

• Irving Berlin

________ founded the Hull House, a settlement house in Chicago.

• Jane Addams

• Andrew Carnegie

• John D. Rockefeller

• John Philip Sousa