New Industries and People - Chapter 5 Test

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Which two groups played an important part in building the Transcontinental Railroad?

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Chinese and Irish

Front

How did the United States government speed up work on the Transcontinental Railroad?

Back

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

Front

Which person best fits the definition of an entrepreneur? Options: Irving Berlin, Samuel Gompers, John D. Rockefeller, John Philip Sousa

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John D. Rockefeller

Front

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

Back

Thomas Alva Edison

Front

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

Back

in cities

Front

How did advertisements increase immigration to the United States?

Back

They attracted poor people who needed jobs.

Front

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

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in tenements

Front

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

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founded Hull House

Front

Made oil refining an important industry in the United States

Back

John D. Rockefeller

Front

Who helped form a company to build the Transcontinental Railroad?

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Theodore Judah