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8th History - America > Test 12, Chapters 1 - 24, Final Exam > Flashcards

Test 12, Chapters 1 - 24, Final Exam Flashcards

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1
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which amendment prohibited the sale and consumption of alcohol?

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18th

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2
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which amendment repealed prohibition?

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21st

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3
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which president was known as the Great Humanitarian?

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Herbert Hoover

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4
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what is the oldest permanent settlement in the US?

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St. Augustine

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5
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Who invented the telegraph?

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Samuel Morse

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6
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What two American cities suffered terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001?

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New York City & Washington, DC

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what political party was formed out of dislike for President Jackson and his powerful Presidency?

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Whig

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8
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What was a hornbook?

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a board with printed Scripture and the alphabet

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9
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what was the code name for America’s atomic bomb project?

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Manhattan Project

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10
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where did the Japanese make their final stand and lose nearly all their remaining ships in WWII?

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Battle of Leyte Gulf

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11
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What was the Holocaust?

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the murder of over six million Jews

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12
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What religious group wrote the first classical music composed in America?

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Moravians

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13
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What was the first city to be bombed with an atomic weapon?

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Hiroshima

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14
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who was the first European known to travel the length of Asia?

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Marco Polo

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15
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who said, “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country”?

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Nathan Hale

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16
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what was the first permanent English settlement in North America?

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Jamestown

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17
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what is the name given to the President’s advisers?

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Cabinet

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18
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which patriot declared, “Give me liberty, or give me death”?

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Patrick Henry

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19
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what is the purpose of the checks and balances system?

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to balance the powers of the 3 branches of government

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20
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who served as president of the Confederacy during the Civil War?

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Jefferson Davis

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21
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why was the Ole’ Deluder Satan Act passed in Massachusetts?

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to make sure children learned how to read and write

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22
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what former shoe salesman became a great evangelist across America?

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DL Moody

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23
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which entrepreneur made his fortune in the oil industry?

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JD Rockefeller

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24
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What hymnist wrote “Blessed Assurance” and many other hymns in the late 1800s?

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Fanny Crosby

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25
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what colony did John Winthrop describe as “a city upon a hill”?

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Massachusetts Bay

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26
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where was the first shot of the Civil War fired?

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Fort Sumter

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27
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what agreement eliminated tariffs and other trade restrictions between the US, Canada, and Mexico?

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NAFTA

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28
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“Father of the Constitution”

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James Madison

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29
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invented the reaping machine

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Cyrus McCormick

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30
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best-known missionary to the Indians

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David Brainerd

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31
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discovered the Mississippi River

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Hernando de Soto

32
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wrote History of Plymouth Plantation

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William Bradford

33
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searched for the fabled fountain of youth

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Ponce de Leon

34
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invented the steel plow

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John Deere

35
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led the Rough Riders in the battle of San Juan Hill

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Theodore Roosevelt

36
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Chairman of the Joint chiefs of Staff during the Persian Gulf War

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Colin Powell

37
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general who led troops into combat in Operation Desert Storm

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Norman Schwarzkopf

38
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Communist leader of Soviet Union who signed the INF treaty with Pres. Reagan in 1987.

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Mikhail Gorbachev

39
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dictator of Iraq who invaded Kuwait, sparking the Persian Gulf War

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Saddam Hussein

40
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first woman justice appointed to the Supreme Court

A

Sandra Day O’Connor

41
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conservative Prime Minister of Great Britain during the Reagan Administration

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Margaret Thatcher

42
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leader of the al Qaeda terrorist network during the 9-11 attacks

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Osama bin Laden

43
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Pres. known as the Great communicator

A

Ronald Reagan

44
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chief Justice appointed to the supreme Court in 2005 by George W. Bush

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John G. Roberts

45
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Pres. who initiated the “war on terror” after 9-11

A

George W. Bush

46
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name the Indian guide who accompanied the Lewis and Clark expedition

A

Sacagawea

47
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who posted the Ninety-five Theses, sparking the Protestant Reformation?

A

Martin Luther

48
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What was the fastest overland communication service before the telegraph?

A

Pony Express

49
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what was the name for evangelists who rode on horseback and conducted church services on the frontier?

A

circuit-riders

50
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name the Nazi dictator of Germany during WWII?

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Adolf Hitler

51
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name the famous poem by Francis Scott Key that became our national anthem

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“The Star-Spangled Banner”

52
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The Louisiana Purchase _____ the size of the US.

A

doubled

53
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the natural pass in the Appalachian Mountains that allowed settlers to travel west was called the

A

Cumberland Gap

54
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________ is the un-Biblical theory that charles Darwin promoted.

A

evolution

55
Q

Armistice Day is now celebrated as

A

Veterans Day

56
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The first nation targeted in the “war on terror” was _____, which was known to have sheltered al Qaeda terrorists.

A

Afghanistan

57
Q

John Dewey is known as the

A

Father of Progressive Education

58
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the ___ Amendment gave Congress power to tax incomes.

A

16th

59
Q

who delevoped 100s of uses for the peanut

A

George Washington Carver

60
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the ______ struck an iceberg and sank in 1912.

A

Titanic

61
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who became the first black American to achieve the rank of four-star general in the US Armed Forces?

A

Chappie James

62
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who led a movement to have prayer and Bible-reading banned form the public schools?

A

Madalyn Murray O’Hair

63
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what are the first ten amendments to the Constitution called?

A

the Bill of Rights

64
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what cavalry commander was killed at the Battle of Little Bighorn?

A

General George A. Custer

65
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what state is known as the “Lone Star Republic”?

A

Texas

66
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what did president Roosevelt call his massive government welfare program?

A

New Deal

67
Q

in what war did the US lead UN forces to liberate Kuwait in 1991?

A

Persian Gulf War

68
Q

what was Charles Lindbergh’s plane named?

A

The Spirit of St. Louis

69
Q

who founded the settlement of Providence, RI?

A

Roger Williams

70
Q

the Soviet Union collapsed during the administration of Pres.

A

George HW Bush

71
Q

The German soldiers that King George hired to fight the colonists were called

A

Hessians

72
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Pres. _____ was the first Roman Catholic President

A

Kennedy

73
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The _______ scandal forced Pres. Nixon to resign from office.

A

Watergate

74
Q

William Penn founded both Pennsylvania and

A

Delaware

75
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Pres. George W. Bush created the US Dept. of ______ to promote the safety of the Am. people

A

Homeland Security

76
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Pres. Reagan’s conservative economic views became known as

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Reaganomics

77
Q

Know the following places on the map:

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Brazil, Mexico, Canada, US, Greenland, West Indies, Hudson Bay, Caribbean Sea, Panama, Gulf of Mexico

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