Monday, November 19, 2018

US History Quiz 11/19


1.       In the movie what business was Vanderbilt involved in before the railroad industry?
a.       Oil
b.       Shipping/Ferry
c.       Agriculture
2.       What did Vanderbilt do that hurt his competitors in the rail industry?
a.       Buy their oil
b.       Block the railway into New York
c.       Steal from their railway cars
3.       Where is Rockefeller drilling for oil?
a.       Cleveland
b.       San Francisco
c.       Nashville
4.       What was Rockefeller’s Company name?
a.       Chevron
b.       Mobile 1
c.       Standard Oil
5.       What does Rockefeller built to cut the rail out of the oil industry?
a.       Pipeline
b.       His own railroad
c.       Semi-Trucks
6.       Which of the following was a celebration of Columbus and involved new inventions?
a.       Christmas Day 1875
b.       Chicago World’s Fair
c.       Armistice Day
7.       He was a Mexican Revolutionary?
a.       Jesse James
b.       The Sundance Kid
c.       Pancho Villa
8.       He started the assembly line?
a.       Andrew Carnegie
b.       Henry Ford
c.       John Rockefeller
9.       He wrote the “Jungle.” It was about the meat packing process at the time.
a.       Upton Sinclair
b.       Nicola tesla
c.       Colonel Sanders
10.   This act forced Native Americans to leave their land and move to reservations?
a.       Indian Removal Act
b.       Indian Reservation Act
c.       Americanization
11.   This is where many of European Immigrants went through before coming to the country?
a.       Angel Island
b.       London
c.       Ellis Island
12.   This is where many Asian immigrants went through before coming to the country?
a.       Angel Island
b.       Tokyo
c.       Ellis Island
13.   America was is known as a                   because it is a mix of different races and cultures?
a.       Salad Bowl
b.       Melting Pot
c.       Clam Chowder
14.   New Immigrants were treated the same way as old Immigrants?
a.       True
b.       False
15.   Which of the following was not a danger of living in a big city at the time?
a.       Fire
b.       Sanitation
c.       Shopping
16.   During the period of time people who were from the US were seen as better than those who had immigrated to the US. This is known as what?
a.       Racism
b.       Prejudice
c.       Nativism

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