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Gr 6 Ch 12 Test 10 Flashcards

1
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The 16 White battleships that President Roosevelt sent on a world tour

A

Great White Fleet

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2
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The name of the famous mail train that traveled between New York and Chicago in 24 hours

A

Fast Mail

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3
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The difficult years of 1929 to 1939

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The Great Depression

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4
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People who affirm the truth of the Bible

A

Fundamentalists

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5
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The statement of loyalty to America written by Francis Bellamy

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The Pledge of Allegiance

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6
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The toy made in honor of theater Roosevelt

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Teddy bear

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7
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Germany’s underwater boats

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U-boats

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8
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November 11 the day we honor all those who have fought for our country in any war or serve dinner nation’s Armed Forces

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Veterans Day

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9
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The dates of World War I

A

1914 to 1918

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10
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The incident that served as an excuse for the beginning of World War I

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The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand

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11
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Countries that sided with Germany in World War I

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Central Powers

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12
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Countries that cited against Germany in World War I

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Allied Powers

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13
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President of United States during World War I

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Woodrow Wilson

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14
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The “unsinkable” oceanliner that sank off the coast of Newfoundland in 1912

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The Titanic

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15
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The action which proved that Germany was a threat to the United States as well as Europe

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The sending of the Zimmerman Note

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16
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The man who wrote several books refuting the theory of evolution

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Dr. Harry Rimmer

17
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He led the first successful expedition to the North Pole

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Robert Peary

18
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The famous railroad engineer who died while trying to save his passengers

A

Casey Jones

19
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British naturalist who rejected the scriptures and developed the theory of evolution

A

Charles Darwin

20
Q

Standard time was instituted by this industry in the United States

A

The railroad industry

21
Q

The life expectancy of men in the 1900s was shorter or longer than it is today

A

Shorter

22
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This letter promised Mexico a part of the United States and Germany in World War I

A

Zimmerman Note

23
Q

He invented the wireless telegraph

A

Guglielmo Marconi

24
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He said, The world must be made safe for democracy.”

A

Woodrow Wilson

25
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He said, “Speak softly and carry a big stick.”

A

Theodore Roosevelt

26
Q

World War I ended on this date

A

November 11, 1918

27
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The president who created jobs during the Great Depression with money the government did not have

A

Franklin D. Roosevelt

28
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Over 100 Americans died when the British passenger liner sank in May 1915

A

The Lusitania

29
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He said, “The strength of the nation depends upon the character of the people.”

A

Calvin Coolidge

30
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The lawyer who won the Scopes trial against evolution

A

William Jennings Bryan

31
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The professor who gave radio talks about the truth of the Bible and the falseness of modernism

A

J. Gresham Machen

32
Q

List Theodore Roosevelt’s accomplishments as president

A

He believed peace could be kept by diplomacy and by being prepared for war so he strengthened our country’s defenses by increasing the number of battleships and armored cruisers.

He sent the great White Fleet on a tour around the world to show nations we could not be attacked without grave consequences.

He used his skill in diplomacy to settle a war between Russia and Japan. This one him the Nobel Prize for peace.

He negotiated a treaty with Panama to allow the building of the Panama
Canal.

He also worked to conserve our forests and other natural resources.

33
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Locate the following places on the map

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Pico Duarte
Queen Elizabeth Islands
Hawaiian Islands
Mount Saint Helens
Lesser Antilles
Mount Elbert
Mount Aconcagua 
Galapagos islands
Mount Whitney
Mauna Kea
Falkland islands
Chihuahuan Desert
Mount Mitchell
Victoria Island
34
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The first black American woman to head a federal agency

A

Mary McLeod Bethune

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