Jonah History Chapter 15

Question 1

What is an immigrant?

Answer 1

A person who leaves his country to make his home in another country

Question 2

Why did many immigrants come to America?

Answer 2

Freedom, opportunity, education, right to own property, etc.

Question 3

What countries did many of the 19th century immigrants come from?

Answer 3

Italy, China, Russia, France, Spain, England, etc.

Question 4

What lawyer became one of the first evangelists to hold large city-wide revivals?

Answer 4

Finney

Question 5

What famous evangelist was once a shoe salesman?

Answer 5

Moody

Question 6

What baseball star later became a famous evangelist?

Answer 6

Sunday

Question 7

Who was called the Father of American missions?

Answer 7

Judson

Question 8

What two products helped American industry grow?

Answer 8

Steel and oil

Question 9

Who developed a method for turning iron ore into steel?

Answer 9

Bessemer

Question 10

What industry did Andrew Carnegie build?

Answer 10

Steel industry

Question 11

Where was oil first discovered in America?

Answer 11

Pennsylvania

Question 12

What industry did John D. Rockefeller organize?

Answer 12

Oil industry

Question 13

What did Rockefeller call his oil company?

Answer 13

Standard Oil

Question 14

Which of these men was the first billionaire in history?

Answer 14

Rockefeller

Question 15

What did both Carnegie and Rockefeller do with their money when they got older?

Answer 15

Gave most of it away to others