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SS Ch 9 Lesson 4

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What is a wildlife refuge?
A natural environment where animals and birds are protected from hunters and trappers.
The assembly line cut the price of the car from $850 in 1908 to what and by what date?
$300 in 1925
Who is John Muir?
The country's first conservationist
How did the term "teddy bear" start?
Roosevelt saved a small bear that was being chased for sport and a cartoonist heard the story and did a cartoon drawing of the bear calling it a "teddy bear".
What muckraker novelist wrote about problems in the meat-packing industry.
Upton Sinclair
What is one of the natural wonders that Roosevelt establish as a national monument?
Grand Canyon
Who established the Food & Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act? Why?
Theodore Roosevelt. To make sure medicines did what their makers claimed and that food was safe.
By 1902 how far could their glider stay in the air?
600 feet
How many years did they work on the canal?
7 years
What does Square Deal mean?
Government and business would deal fairly with people
How did William Gorgas limit the mosquitoes?
By spreading oil over the pools of water where they laid eggs.
How long did it take the battleship Oregon to go from San Francisco to Cuba whe the Spanish-American war began
More than a month
What park did Roosevelt visit with John Muir?
Yosemite National Park
What year did the area become safe for digging again?
1906
What is a muckraker
Writers who helped focus on unfair buiness practices
What way did Ford build his cars for less money?
An assembly line
How many lives were lost?
5,609
Who made the first air glider?
Orville and Wilbur Wright
What is a conservationist?
People who preserve the wilderness
How did Roosevelt earn the nickname "the trust buster"?
Roosevelt believed that although big business was improtant to the economy, the government should have the power to break up "bad" trusts. By the time he left office he had forced 25 trusts to be be divided into smaller companies.
What years did a French company try to dig a canal which proved too difficult?
1881-1887
What is a national park?
An area set aside for its natural beauty where noone can sellte or farm the land.
What was the 10-mile wide stip of land known as?
The Canal Zone
What beach in North Carolina did they use to experiment with their gliders?
Kitty Hawk
Who wrote about unfair business practices of Standard Oil? A muckraker reporter
Ida Tarbeall
How did Roosevelt become President?
When President William McKinley was shot in 1901 Roosevelt became president
The digging of the canal was made possible because of?
railroads, steam shovels and other new technology
When did the US purchase a 10-mile wide strip of land from Panama?
1903
How many mean worked on the canal?
40,000
Who invented the model T?
Henry Ford
Who was a reformer that had been elected Vice President in 1900?
Theodore Roosevelt
What year did they add an engine to their aircraft?
1903
How many miles did the panama canal cut off the voyage?
7,000 miles

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