Gilded Age Practice Test

Most of the immigrants who came to America through Ellis Island were from

• Asia

• Eastern and southern Europe

• Northern Europe

Immigrants coming from Asia arrived at

• Ellis Island

• New Orleans

• Angel Island

Ships carrying immigrants from Europe separated passengers by

• wealth and class

• country

• age

One of the first thing passengers saw when they arrived at Ellis Island was the Statue of LIberty

• True

• False

The first test immigrants were given after arriving at Ellis Island was the

• an eye exam

• a head-to-to physical

• six-second physical

The Inspection consisting of 29 personal questions was called the

• The literacy test

• Legal Inspection

• The intelligence test

What was the "kissing post"?

• Where family and friends waited for loved ones at Ellis Island

• Where husbands met their wives after immigration inspection

• Where immigrants got married after arriving at Ellis Island

What did Thomas Edison do?

• developed the system to distribute electricity over long distanes

• invented the telephone

• perfected the light bulb

The building and expansion of railroads helped to spur economic growth

• True

• False

John D. Rockefeller

• owned Carnegie Steele

• controlled about 90% of oil industry

• participated in hostile takeovers to become a monopoly