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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the last name of the first white settlers that came to Johnstown in 1771?
(a) Adams.
(b) Smith.
(c) Fulton.
(d) Jones.

2. What term did Johnstown residents use collectively for any immigrant willing to work cheap?
(a) Hokies.
(b) Jims.
(c) Hunkies.
(d) Oklahomas.

3. What is the last name of the family who owns the store in Johnstown where rumors of a disaster become a joke just before the flood?
(a) Hess.
(b) Heiser.
(c) Deckert.
(d) Quinn.

4. Which of the following amenities does Johnstown not have in 1889?
(a) Hospital.
(b) Railroad station.
(c) Streetlights.
(d) Grocery store.

5. What is the name of the lake that was 15 miles upriver from Johnstown and was held back by the dam?
(a) Lake Pennsylvania.
(b) Lake Huron.
(c) Lake Conemaugh.
(d) Lake Michigan.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what time was there to be a parade in Johnstown that had to be canceled due to the weather?

2. What does the book say the embankment on the river was built up of?

3. What society does W. Horace Rose found in Johnstown?

4. At what age did the Pittsburgh clubmen's new president and manager begin working on the railroad?

5. What is the name of the company whose financing led to much of Pittsburgh's industrial growth?

(see the answer key)

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