VOCABULARY
WORLD WAR I
GREAT DEPRESSION
READING COMPREHENSION
MISCELLANEOUS
100
Unable to move.
What is paralyzed?
100
Two opposing Alliances of World War I.
What are: Allies and Central Powers
100
31st President of the United States.
Who was Herbert Hoover?
100
Confession Grandma made to Joey in Chapter 4, 1932 The Day of Judgment.
What is that she had switched pies with Mr. Pennypacker?
100
Amendment to the Constitution making it illegal to manufacture, transport or sell liquor, otherwise known as Prohibition.
What is the 18th Amendment?
200
To steal things of little value.
What is pilfer?
200
The belief of a government or people that a country should be able to maintain and defend or promote its national interests.
What is militarism?
200
Elected in 1932 to become the 32nd President of the United States.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
200
Before she was married, Grandma worked for her as a house girl.
Who is Aunt Puss?
200
Target of St. Valentine's Day Massacre on February 14, 1929.
Who is Bugs Moran?
300
Another word for skunk.
What is polecat?
300
A pact between countries to support each other in disputes.
What are alliances?
300
Unemployment peaked at this percentage in 1933.
What is 25%
300
What the sheriff found Grandma guilty of that really was against the law.
What is running a soup kitchen without a license?
300
Name of Charles Lindbergh's plane in which he made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
What is the Spirit of St. Louis?
400
Another word for head.
What is pate?
400
***DAILY DOUBLE*** Political and economic dominance over another country.
What is imperialism?
400
Farming and rural areas suffered as crop prices fell by this percent.
What is 60%
400
What Grandma brought the town she didn't give two hoots about in Chapter 2 The Mouse in the Milk.
What are law and order?
400
Region of the U.S. which includes Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, N. Dakota, Ohio, S. Dakota and Wisconsin.
What is the Midwest?
500
Someone who makes charitable donations intended to increase human well-being.
What is a philanthropist?
500
Belief, creed or political ideology that involves an individual identifying with or becoming attached to one's country.
What is nationalism?
500
Dollar amount in stock values that disappeared by mid-November 1929: $300 million $30 billion $3 trillion
What is $30 billion?
500
***DAILY DOUBLE*** War Grandma told the reporter that Shotgun had earned his name.
What is the Civil War?
500
Female American sharpshooter who starred in Buffalo Bills Wild West Show.
Who is Annie Oakley?
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