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Chapter 21
Worl War I and 1920's
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7th Grade
05/01/2009

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The Women’s Joint Legislative Council was also known as ....
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Petticoat Lobby.
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Annie Webb Blanton accomplished all of the following ...
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founded Delta Kappa Gamma, serve as Professor at the University of Texas, served two terms as superintendant of public education.
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All of the following occurred in the 1920’s ...
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women taking part in politics, the end of the "horse and buggy" era, growth of Texas's urban population.
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The word rural refers to .....
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country life or agriculture.
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Texas women helped the war effort during World War I by ...
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becoming a factory worker.
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Name the three war efforts Americans responsed with on the home front during World War I....
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giving to the Red Cross, rationing food, buying Liberty bonds, Victory Bonds, and War Saving Stamps.
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President Wilson’s response to the raid on Columbus, New Mexico was to ...
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order General Pershing to pursue Pancho Villa into Mexico.
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Wings, the first film to win an Academy Award for best picture was made ...
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San Antonio.
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German submarines sinking ships carrying American passengers caused ...
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President Wilson to bring the U.S. into the "Great War".
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The election of Dan Moody as Texas governor showed that ...
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Texans rejected Klan violence.
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The largest flight training school in the world was located at ...
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Camp Kelley.
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A slogan on posters seen in Texas during World War I was ...
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" Do Your Bit ".
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Mexican American leaders in Texas urged their people during World War I to...
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support the war effort.
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During World War I, some schools discontinued German classes because ...
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people had anti-german feelings.
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The chief target of the Ku Klux Klan was ...
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African Americans.
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The Petticoat Lobby supported laws that ...
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registered births.
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President Wilson was pressured to enter World War I partly because ...
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German submarines sank ships carrying American passengers.
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Camp Logan, the site of a 1917 riot, is now ...
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a memorial park.
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The struggle for equality for women was only partially successful because ...
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women got less money for the same job as men, minority women were mostly limited to low-paying jobs, women did not have the same legal rights as men.
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Name three results of the widespread use of cars and trucks ...
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new ordinances setting speed limits were enacted, cities hired police officers to enforce new traffic laws, better roads were demanded.
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The outbreak of revolution in Mexico occurred in ...
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1910.
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The United States enters World War I in what ...
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1917.
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New Ku Klux Klan founded in Georgia ...
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1915.
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The first commercial radio broadcast in Texas ...
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1922.
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The war breaks out in Europe ...
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1914.
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How much wood could a wood chuck chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood????
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about a cord.
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