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Who invented the telephone?
a) Alexander Graham Bell
b) Thomas Edison
c) Holly Hobby
d) Lewis Winstream

Who perfected the light bulb and had many electric inventions
a) Thomas Edison
b) Thomas Mckinley
c) Thomas Bell
d) Thomas Carver

What is the difference between Ellis and Angel Islands?
a) European immigrants came through Ellis and Asian immigrants came through Angel
b) they are not different at all
c) Only the Asian immigrants could go to Ellis Island
d) Angel Island is larger than Ellis Island and more popular

Which 1903 invention made travel easier and economical for many Americans?
a) automobiles
b) airplanes
c) toasters
d) trains

Why did many immigrants want to move and live close to others from their original country?
a) They shared the same culture.
b) They had the same jobs at the same time.
c) They all wanted to have one big house.
d) They all went west.

What is a free enterprise system?
a) Business owners decide what to produce and what the product will cost.
b) Business owners have to get government approval to make something
c) All products and services are free.
d) All government officials own all of the free businesses.

The majority of immigrants in the 1800s - 1900s came from the continent of
a) Europe
b) Ireland
c) Asia
d) Australia

Which is true about the Battle of Wounded Knee?
a) It was the last American Indian war.
b) General Custer died there.
c) Sitting Bull ran for president after he won the battle
d) Indians won and never had to move again.

Who were the people of The Great Migration?
a) African American former slaves
b) former Union soldiers
c) European immigrants
d) Chinese immigrants

Where did the Transcontinental Railroad come together?
a) Promontory Point, Utah
b) Prominent Place, Wyoming
c) Union Pacific, Colorado
d) Central Pacific, California

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