grade 6 history chap 12 test 11
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- the day we honor all those who have fought for our country in any war or served in our armed forces, Nov. 11
- Veteran's Day
- Germany's underwater boats
- U-boats
- toy made in honor of Theodore Roosevelt
- teddy bear
- statement of loyalty to America
- Pledge of Allegiance
- people who affirm the truth of the Bible
- fundamentalists
- the first black American woman to head a federal agency
- Mary McLeod Bethune
- the 16 white battleships that President Roosevelt sent on a world tour
- Great White Fleet
- name of the famous mail train that traveled between New York and Chicago in 24 hours
- fast train
- the difficult years of 1929-1939
- Great Depression
- country that was the largest industrial nation in the early 1900's
- United States
- led first successful expedition to the North Pole
- Robert Peary
- famous railroad engineer
- Casey Jones
- British Naturalist who rejected the scriptures and developed the theory of evolution
- Charles Darwin
- Standard time was instituted by
- railroads
- then the life expectancy of men in 1900's was
- shorter
- letter promised Mexico part of the United States if it fought with Germany in World War I
- Zimmerman Note
- said,"The world must be safe for democracy".
- woodrow Wilson
- invented the wireless telegraph
- Guglielmo Marconi
- Woeld War I ended on this date
- November 11, 1918
- President who created jobs during the Great Depression
- Fraklin D. Roosevelt
- over 100 Americans died when this ship sank before United Stated joined World war I
- Lusitania
- said,"The strength of the nation depends on the character of the people".
- Calvin Coolidge
- lawyer who won the Scopes trial against evolution
- Williwm Jennings Bryan
- professor who gave radio talks about the truth of the Bible and the falseness of modernism
- J. Gresham Machen
- "Speak softly and carry a big stick"
- Theodore Roosevelt
- dates of World War I
- 1914-1918
- ruler of Germany who was largely responsible for starting World war I
- Kaiser Wilhelm II
- insident that served as an excuse for the beginning of world War I
- assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
- countries that sided with Germany in World War I were
- Central Powers
- President during World War I
- Woodrow Wilson
- countries that sided against Germany in World War I
- Allied Powers
- "Unsinkable" ocean liner that sand off the coast of Newfoundland in 1912
- Titanic
- man that was not a defender of the Bible
- Charles Darwin
- group of countries that won World War I
- Allied Powers
- action which proved that Germany was a threat to the United States as well as to Europe
- sending of the Zimmerman Note
- Be able to discuss three accomplishments of Theodore Roosevelt.
- See text p. 226-230
- Find on a map:
- Bhama, Falkland, Victoria & Galpagos Islands; Chihuahuan Desert; Lesser Antilles; Patagonia;Pico Duarte; Mountains: Aconcagua, Elbert, Mitchell St. Helens, Whitney, & Mauna Kea