Social 8 Long Quiz (Chapters 10 & 11)

Name: _________________________

Matching: Match the description on the left with the correct name on the right.

____ 1. invented the reaping machine A. Louis Agassiz

____ 2. an entrepreneur who helped make possible the first transatlantic cable B. John Deere

____ 3. invented the steel plow C. Cyrus Field

____ 4. became known as America’s greatest science teacher D. Francis Lowell

____ 5. made further improvements on Elias Howe’s sewing machine E. Matthew Maury

____ 6. invented the telegraph F. Cyrus McCormick

G. Samuel Morse

H. Isaac Singer

__ 1. the black preacher who founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church in 1787 A. Richard Allan

__2. the captain who discovered the Hawaiian Islands in 1778 B. Charles Finny

____3. the man most responsible for the Second Great Awakening C. James Cook

Short answer: Write the correct answer.

1. Who was credited with introducing ether as an effective pain killer for surgery?
2. Why did one and a half million Irish people immigrate to the United States?
3. Name the first woman to become a physician in the United States.
4. What term is defined as one who risks personal loss to develop and market a new product?
5. What is recognized as America’s greatest contribution to the field of music?
6. By what title is Adoniram Judson remembered?
7. What American was assigned the task of opening Japan to trade with the West?