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Mid Century Test Review (Thornton)
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A Mid Century Test Review.
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1
Bonus!!! How do you earn five extra points?
Leave my review sheet on my desk at school.
Put my name and have my parents sign it and turn it in.
Have my dog eat it.
Have parents sign my review sheet!
2
What was the Progressive Era movement that believed alcohol was the cause of societal problems.
Women's Suffrage
The Temperance Movement
The Grange
Prohibition
3
When the Germans sank the Lusitania and sent the Zimmerman Telegram the US joined what war?
World War I
World War III
World War Z
World War II
4
What event caused farmers to have leave their farms to survive?
The Storm of 1900.
The Civil War.
The Dust Bowl caused by drought and poor farming practices.
The stock market crash of 1929. (Black Tuesday)
5
Why did people oppose Women's Suffrage?
People thought women would end the world.
Women were too kind to make tough political decisions.
The people just hate women.
Nobody opposed Women's Suffrage.
6
What oil field was found in Beaumont that started the oil/economic boom on 1/10/1901?
Spindeltop
Corsicana
East Texas Oil FIeld
Permian Basin Oil Field
7
Which two special interest groups would have the goal of improving conditions for minorities?
CORE and AARP
NAACP and LULAC
The Grange and Farmers Alliance
MADD and NRA
8
What were the causes and effects of the Great Depression?
Stock market crash, high unemployment, poor banking methods.
The economy boomed and farmers did really well.
Only major industry was impacted not the people.
Everyone moved to different countries after the Dust Bowl.
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What was the Grange?
A special interest group setup to protect farmers.
Fought for Women's Suffrage.
Promoted racial equality.
Something about co-ops.
10
When discussing supply and demand. What happens toa price of a product when it is over produced
The supply goes down causing the price to go up.
Nothing happens to the price.
The price will go up to cover the costs of production.
The supply goes up causing the price to go down.
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What does Women's Suffrage mean?
The right for women to vote.
The practice of drinking little or no alcohol.
The right for women to have jobs
Time period when alcohol was illegal.
12
What effect did Spindletop have on Beaumont?
It led to the cities economy to decline.
There was just a bunch of oil derricks everywhere.
It caused a boom in the population and the economy. Boomtown
It caused the land to be ruined and everyone moved away.
13
What did Texans do to support the war effort during WWI?
The Texans did not play much of a role.
They built military training camps and saved a lot of money.
Purchased Liberty Bonds, rationed food, and women worked.
The women did everything.
14
What movement focused on creating change in society in the late 19th and early 20th century?
The Progressive Movement.
Women's Suffrage Movement
The Discrimination Reform Movement
The Temperance Movement
15
What oil well gushed at a rate never seen before; exploding out of the ground to about 300ft?
Spindletop
Corsicana
Candletop
East Texas Oil Field
16
What amendment gave women the right to vote?
The 13th amendment.
The 16th amendment.
The 1st amendment.
The 19th amendment.
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What was the goal of the progressives?
They wanted everything to stay the same.
To reform society, businesses, city gov, and civil rights.
They wanted to promote monopolies.
To change the country for the worse.
18
BONUS!!! What is this picture relating to?
A meeting for women's suffrage (Right to vote)
Farmers alliance advertisement.
IDK
The Temperance Movement meeting.
19
What is supply and demand?
I am not sure at all.
The economic theory of making a lot of money. Cha-Ching!!
Availability and want control the price of the product.
Something that controls the price of products.
20
Prolonged drought and poor farming practices caused what disaster during the Great Depression?
The storm of 1900
Super Bowl LI
The great oil spill of 1901
The Dust Bowl
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What led to the urbanization and industrialization of Texas?
Farmers were tired of working in the fields.
People just really love the cities!
People became really bored on the frontier.
Oil boom, job opportunities, and better schools, hospitals
