Chapter 5 Test in Harcourt Social Studies

Where did most immigrants settle when they came to the United States?

• Rural Areas

• The South

• Small Towns

• Big Cities

Whose invention made electricity available to the nation's homes and factories?

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Thomas Alva Edison

• William Jenney

• George Westinghouse

Which person best fits the definition of an entrepreneur?

• Irving Berlin

• Samuel Gompers

• John D Rockefeller

• John Philip Sousa

Which TWO groups played an important role in building in the Transcontinental Railroad?

Please select TWO ANSWERS

• Chinese

• Irish

• Native Americans

• Miners

Where did many immigrants live in the late 1800s and early 1900s?

• Tenements

• Settlement houses

• California

• Along the transcontinental railroad

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

• Took Photographs

• Wrote Newspaper Stories

• Founded a Union

• Founded the Hull House

_______________ made oil refining an important industry in the United States.

• Theordore Judah

• John D Rockefeller

• Andrew Carniege

• Lillian Ward

• Samual Gompers

_______________ helped form a company to build the transcontinental railroad.

• Theordore Judah

• John D Rockefeller

• Andrew Carniege

• Lillian Ward

• Samual Gompers

_______________ Started a settlement house in New York City.

• Theordore Judah

• John D Rockefeller

• Andrew Carniege

• Lillian Ward

• Samual Gompers

_______________ Caused the steel industry to grow in the United States.

• Theordore Judah

• John D Rockefeller

• Andrew Carniege

• Lillian Ward

• Samual Gompers