Chapter 5 New Industries and People Study Guide

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Chapter 5 Study Guide (click this link for a printable version)

1.     ______________________organized the American Federation of Labor.

2.     Jane Adams & Ellen Star started a _____________________ in Chicago.

3.     ____________________________ helped form a company to build the Transcontinental Railroad.

4.     Who caused the steel industry to grow in the US? ______________________________

5.     How did the U.S. Government speed up work on the Transcontinental Railroad? ________________________________________________________

6.     What are settlement houses? ________________________________________________________

7.     How did the Chinese contribute to the West? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

8.     Why did some workers form labor unions in the late 1800s? What were they fighting for? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

9.     Most immigrants settled in ________________ when they came to the US.

10.                        What two ethnic groups helped build the Transcontinental RR ? __________________   and _____________________.

11.                         __________________________’s  invention made electricity available to homes and factories.

12.                        __________________________ was an entrepreneur who became famous in the oil industry.

  

Match the inventor with his invention:

 ____ 15. George Westinghouse                           A. Power Station

                                                                                 B. Telephone

____ 16. Alexander Bell                                        C. Skyscrapers

                                                                                 D. Air Brake system

____ 17. Thomas Edison                                        E. Telegraph System

                                                                                  F. Steel Suspension Bridges

____ 18. William Jenney

____ 19. Granville Woods

____ 20. John Roebling

21. ____________________ allows employers and workers to discuss and agree on working conditions.

22.  Poorly built apartment buildings were called __________________.

23.  Describe what life was like for immigrants in the overcrowded cities.  ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

24.  How was Andrew Carnegie able to gain control of most of the steel industry in the United States? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

25.  Why did the growth of cities lead to new kinds of transportation?  ____________________________________________________________________________

26.  Which group had the most dangerous jobs in building the Transcontinental Railroad and also worked for the Central Pacific Railroad? _________________________________

27. How did the US government restrict immigrants from China from entering the country?  _________________________________________________________

28.  How did the steel industry change cities and railroads? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________