America: Land I Love Test 8

What year was the first transcontinental railroad completed?

• 1869

• 1865

• 1870

• 1875

Which city was the first center of skyscraper architecture?

• New York City

• Cincinnati

• St. Louis

• Chicago

What act opened the Great Plains for settlement?

• Dawes Act

• Interstate commerce Act

• Bland-Allison Act

• Homestead Act

What act offered land and U.S. citizenship to any head of an Indian Family who would take up farming?

• Dawes Act

• Interstate Commerce Act

• Homestead Act

• Bland-Allison Act

What did Johns Hopkins Medical School become known for?

• first school of nursing

• extensive medical research

• first interracial hospital

• use of anesthetics

Who formed the Standard Oil Company of Ohio?

• Henry Bessemer

• Edwin Drake

• Andrew Carnegie

• John D. Rockefeller

Who built the largest steel manufacturer in the world?

• Henry Bessemer

• Andrew Carnegie

• Edwin Drake

• John D. Rockefeller

Who was the evangelist that founded a Bible institute for the advanced training of Christian workers?

• Dwight L. Moody

• Sam Jones

• J. Wilbur Chapman

• Mel Trotter

Where did Sheldon Jackson take the gospel?

• Oklahoma

• Alaska

• Wyoming

• Puerto Rico

What is Christopher Sholes remembered for producing?

• box camera

• typewriter

• roll film

• Ferris wheel