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Social Studies Pace 1093
Final Test
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History
8th Grade
03/15/2011

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Hindered free enterprise by penalizing hard work and initiative.
Definition
Federal Reserve Act
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used to torpedo enemy ships
Definition
submarines
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raised finances to support America's fighting men.
Definition
Liberty Loans
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is an income tax based on percentage of income.
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uniform income tax
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consisted of Great Britain, Russia, and France.
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Triple Entete
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crossed trenches and overrun machine gun positions.
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armored tanks
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introduced the philosophy of humanism into public schools.
Definition
John Dewey
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were 90% of U.S. schools in 1850
Definition
private schools
Term
argued for the State in the Scopes Trial
Definition
William J. Bryan
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is an income tax with increases based on the amount of income.
Definition
graduated income tax
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were 10% of U.S. schools in 1850
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public schools
Term
were Russia in the east and France in the west.
Definition
two fronts
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moved America toward socialism
Definition
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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defended John Scopes
Definition
Clarence Darrow
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kills many soldiers in a matter of seconds
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poison gas
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On April 6, ______ , the United States officially entered World War I to "make the world safe for democracy."
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1917
Term
The __________ amendment is the Eighteenth Amendment.
Definition
prohibition
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A/An _______ in standards of personal behavior and the teaching of humanistic values in schools contributed to the increasing crime rate during the roaring twenties.
Definition
decline
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Ratification of the ________ Amendment gave all women over twenty-one suffrage in national elections.
Definition
Nineteenth
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___________ was about evolution versus creation.
Definition
The Scopes Trial
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October 24, 1929, was called Black ________ when prices of shares dropped sharply.
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Thursday
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The stock-market crash of October 29, _____, led America into the Great Depression.
Definition
1929
Term
Millions of people lost their jobs, thousands of farmers abandoned their farms, banks failed, and money was in short supply during __________.
Definition
the Great Depression
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Both the graduated income tax and the Federal Reserve Act have made people _______.
Definition
more dependent on
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On March 18, 1917, German ______ sank three American ships, making involvement in the war seem inevitable.
Definition
submarines
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At the Second Battle of the Marne, ________ and her allies were slowly pushed back.
Definition
Germany
Term
The two nations who signed the Treaty of Brest Litovsk were _______ and _______.
Definition
Germany
the USSR
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Germany agreed to pay $33 billion in damages and to accept ___________.
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responsibility for the war
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________ agreed to maintain only a small army and navy.
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Germany
Term
On July 2, 1921, Congress declared and end to the war with ________ and _______.
Definition
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Term
The philosophy that teaches that man himself is a god is ________.
Definition
humanism
Term
The four ways the Agriculture Marketing Act helped farmers
a)it promoted farm _________
b)it allowed the government to purchase excess _____ _______.
c)it raised tariffs on _______ farm products.
d)it raised tariffs on many _______ products.
Definition
a)cooperatives
b)farm products
c)imported
d)nonfarm
Term
The New York Stock Exchange had a record-breaking business day ten days after _______ election.
Definition
President Hoover's
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The _______ suffered a sharp decline in stock prices three weeks after the inauguration.
Definition
stock market
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Public schools soon became ________ because the government completely funded and controlled them.
Definition
government schools
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Results of the seventeenth amendment: _____ ______ were weakened and the growth of a powerful _________ government was encouraged.
Definition
state's rights
central government
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Changing America from a Biblical, free-enterprise system to a humanistic, socialistic system was the result of both the __________ and the ________.
Definition
graduated income tax
Federal Reserve Act
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Four causes of World War I were:
a)A growing spirit of _________.
b)_________ alliances
c)Competition to gain additional ______.
d)Secret ______ between nations.
Definition
a)Nationalism
b)Military
c)Territory
d)alliances
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Germany's invasion of Belgium brought _____ into war,so that all the nations of the Triple Entente and the Triple Alliance were at war.
Definition
Great Britain
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