8th Grade History Test 9 (Quarter Exam)

first to be impeached

Why did the League of Nations and the Kellogg-Briand Pact fail to prevent war?

Who made the first nonstop transatlantic flight?

What U.S. amendment outlawed slavery?

served two terms nonconsecutively

What act required men of specific ages to register with local draft boards?

represented South Carolina

greatest war hero from World War I

What is Elisha Otis remembered for inventing?

Why was the Age of Industry also called the Gilded Age?

What state was admitted to the Union during the Civil War?

Who was the Union commanding officer at the end of the Civil War?

The 16th Amendment gave Congress the power to tax personal incomes

Who was one of the earliest progressive leaders?

The Democratic Party was the first to express that the government could solve practically all problems

set a precedent for government regulation of business

What city was destroyed by a fire in 1871 that led to the architecture of the modern skyscraper?

served as President during the Civil War

controlled immigration of Japanese laborers to the United States

What economic system successfully affected the Age of Industry in the United States?

The first major battle of the Civil War was at Bull Run

What amendment prohibited the sale of alcoholic beverages?

Who is considered the Father of Progressive Education?

What act created a privately controlled central banking system under the sponsorship of the government?

Clara Barton founded the Hull House to help improve living conditions for women

Yellow journalism tells a story using the scenery, customs, and dialect of a particular region of the country

one of the first men to reach the North Pole

President McKinley passed an act that made gold the only standard for monetary value

What country pulled out of World War I with the signing of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk?

What was the first state to grant women voting rights?

Why did the United States hold onto several Pacific Islands after the Spanish-American War?

found the NAACP

What Union general led the March to the Sea from Atlanta?

proposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act

In the Zimmermann note Germany promised land from the United States to Mexico

I will study Map 15

The Teller Resolution stated that the United States intended only to free Venezuela

Who is known as the Hoosier poet?

formed the Standard Oil Company

supported Dollar Diplomacy

Who is remembered as the March King?

Who defended the Bible and won the Scopes trial?

According to Booker T. Washington, what is the best way to be successful?

Who was the baseball evangelist from the 1900s?

What President proposed the League of Nations?

What senator declared his loyalty to the Union in the 7th of March Speech?

Study the Timelines Mrs. Rister gave you

balanced the upset between slave and free states

What organization was created by leaders of Communism that met in Moscow?

popularized the progressive movement

founder of the Grange

provided for Cuban Independence

established the first successful labor union

NBC was the first commercial broadcasting station

offered land and citizenship to the head of an Indian family

Who was the greatest inventor America has ever produced?

Henry Bessemer built the largest steel manufacturer in the world

Who was a skyscraper architect?

How did false philosophies such as Modernism and evolution affect the United States?