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11th Grade
03/12/2013

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Thomas Edison and Tesla where pioneers in harnessing what?
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Electricity
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What city established the nation's first PAID fire department in 1853?
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Cincinatti ,ohio
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This woman was the co-winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931.  She opened Chicago's Hull House in 1889
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Jane,adams
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This is the name of the island that between 1892-1924,
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Ellis Island
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These 2 brothers were bicycle manufacturers that built a glider.  They later created the first successful flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
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orviie brothers
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Developed a series of more convenient alternatives to the heavy glass plates previously used for pictures and cameras.
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George Eastman
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Writer whose real name was Samuel Clemens
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Mark Twain
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She moved to Memphis and became a teacher. She retired and became a journalist for a local newspaper. After three of her friends were lynched, she began to write about racial violence and discrimination.
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Ida . B WElls
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According to Susan B. Anthony, what "has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world.
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Bicycling
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A blend of African-American and European musical forms.  It originated in the South in the 1880s.  It later led to rhythm and blues, jazz, and rock and roll
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Rag Time Music
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He created the Model T and his assembly lines led to innovations in other companies
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Henry Ford
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Who ran for president under the Progressive Party in 1912
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William Howard Taft
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After he was president, what other important position did Taft hold
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Secretary of War
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About how many female workers died in the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire? 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire
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146
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What word means "the right to vote"
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sufferage
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What 2 things did workers on the Canal die of?
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Maleria and Yellow Fever
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Who did the Boxers “pledge to get rid of”
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Foreign Devils
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What President got stuck in a bathtub?
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Taft
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Who won the war between Japan and Russia?
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Japan
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What happened to the USS MAINE
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It blew up
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Who said, "It cannot be that 2 million (Germans) should have fallen in vain…No, we do not pardon, we demand-vengeance!”
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ADolf Hitler
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What was the only country to have positive outcomes from WWI
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US
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What was the name of President Wilson's plan for peace?
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14 points
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In March of 1918, what did the Fuel Administration create
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Day lights saving time
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