8th Grade History Test 9 (Quarter Exam)

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

Who was the greatest inventor America has ever produced?

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

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

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

What President proposed the League of Nations?

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

set a precedent for government regulation of business

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

Who defended the Bible and won the Scopes trial?

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

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

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

Who was the baseball evangelist from the 1900s?

formed the Standard Oil Company

popularized the progressive movement

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

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

provided for Cuban Independence

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

What U.S. amendment outlawed slavery?

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

served as President during the Civil War

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

Who was a skyscraper architect?

Who is known as the Hoosier poet?

Who was one of the earliest progressive leaders?

Who made the first nonstop transatlantic flight?

Who is considered the Father of Progressive Education?

founder of the Grange

first to be impeached

What was the first state to grant women voting rights?

I will study Map 15

What is Elisha Otis remembered for inventing?

offered land and citizenship to the head of an Indian family

Study the Timelines Mrs. Rister gave you

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

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

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

represented South Carolina

one of the first men to reach the North Pole

Who is remembered as the March King?

supported Dollar Diplomacy

balanced the upset between slave and free states

Henry Bessemer built the largest steel manufacturer in the world

What amendment prohibited the sale of alcoholic beverages?

controlled immigration of Japanese laborers to the United States

served two terms nonconsecutively

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

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

established the first successful labor union

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

greatest war hero from World War I

proposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act

NBC was the first commercial broadcasting station

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

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

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

found the NAACP