Gr 6 Ch 12 Test 10 Flashcards
The 16 White battleships that President Roosevelt sent on a world tour
Great White Fleet
The name of the famous mail train that traveled between New York and Chicago in 24 hours
Fast Mail
The difficult years of 1929 to 1939
The Great Depression
People who affirm the truth of the Bible
Fundamentalists
The statement of loyalty to America written by Francis Bellamy
The Pledge of Allegiance
The toy made in honor of theater Roosevelt
Teddy bear
Germany’s underwater boats
U-boats
November 11 the day we honor all those who have fought for our country in any war or serve dinner nation’s Armed Forces
Veterans Day
The dates of World War I
1914 to 1918
The incident that served as an excuse for the beginning of World War I
The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
Countries that sided with Germany in World War I
Central Powers
Countries that cited against Germany in World War I
Allied Powers
President of United States during World War I
Woodrow Wilson
The “unsinkable” oceanliner that sank off the coast of Newfoundland in 1912
The Titanic
The action which proved that Germany was a threat to the United States as well as Europe
The sending of the Zimmerman Note
The man who wrote several books refuting the theory of evolution
Dr. Harry Rimmer
He led the first successful expedition to the North Pole
Robert Peary
The famous railroad engineer who died while trying to save his passengers
Casey Jones
British naturalist who rejected the scriptures and developed the theory of evolution
Charles Darwin
Standard time was instituted by this industry in the United States
The railroad industry
The life expectancy of men in the 1900s was shorter or longer than it is today
Shorter
This letter promised Mexico a part of the United States and Germany in World War I
Zimmerman Note
He invented the wireless telegraph
Guglielmo Marconi
He said, The world must be made safe for democracy.”
Woodrow Wilson
He said, “Speak softly and carry a big stick.”
Theodore Roosevelt
World War I ended on this date
November 11, 1918
The president who created jobs during the Great Depression with money the government did not have
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Over 100 Americans died when the British passenger liner sank in May 1915
The Lusitania
He said, “The strength of the nation depends upon the character of the people.”
Calvin Coolidge
The lawyer who won the Scopes trial against evolution
William Jennings Bryan
The professor who gave radio talks about the truth of the Bible and the falseness of modernism
J. Gresham Machen
List Theodore Roosevelt’s accomplishments as president
He believed peace could be kept by diplomacy and by being prepared for war so he strengthened our country’s defenses by increasing the number of battleships and armored cruisers.
He sent the great White Fleet on a tour around the world to show nations we could not be attacked without grave consequences.
He used his skill in diplomacy to settle a war between Russia and Japan. This one him the Nobel Prize for peace.
He negotiated a treaty with Panama to allow the building of the Panama
Canal.
He also worked to conserve our forests and other natural resources.
Locate the following places on the map
Pico Duarte Queen Elizabeth Islands Hawaiian Islands Mount Saint Helens Lesser Antilles Mount Elbert Mount Aconcagua Galapagos islands Mount Whitney Mauna Kea Falkland islands Chihuahuan Desert Mount Mitchell Victoria Island
The first black American woman to head a federal agency
Mary McLeod Bethune
