Dates and Events
People
People #2
Ships/boats
Other Stuff
100
term in the book for the countries that sided against Germany in World War I (300)
boNuS (300) term for the countries that sided with Germany in World War I
Allied Powers; Central Powers
100
President who created jobs during the Great Depression with money the government did not have (300)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
100
President of the U.S. during World War I (400)
bOnUS (400) what was his famous quotation?
Woodrow Wilson; "The world must be made safe for democracy."
100
life expectancy was ______ in the 1900's than it is today (200)
shorter
200
November 11th, the day we honor all those who have fought for our country in any war or served in our nation's armed forces
Veterans Day
200
famous railroad engineer who died while trying to save his passengers (400)
boNuS (400) what was the name of his train?
Casey Jones
200
said, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" (400)
boNuS (400): what toy was named after this person
Theodore Roosevelt; the Teddy Bear
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200
"unsinkable" ocean liner
bONuS (200) where did it sink?
bonuS (200) what year did it sink?
Titanic; off the coast of Newfoundland; 1912
200
term for people who affirm the truth of the Bible (400)
fundamentalists
300
this incident affecting Archduke Ferdinand served as an excuse for the beginning of World War I
assassination
300
said, "The strength of the nation depends upon the character of the people."
(600)
Calvin Coolidge
300
first black-American woman to head a federal agency (600)
Mary McLeod Bethune
300
name for the German underwater boats
boNuS: What devices were deployed to ward off these boats?
U-boats; sea mines
300
instituted standard time in the U.S.
railroads
400
dates (years) of World War I
1914-1918
400
British naturalist who rejected the Scriptures and developed the theory of evolution
Charles Darwin
400
professor who gave radio talks about the truth of the Bible and the falseness of modernism
(800)
J. Gresham Machen
400
the 16 white battleships sent on a world tour
bOnuS (400) who sent them?
Great White Fleet; President Roosevelt
400
name of the famous train that traveled quickly between New York and Chicago
bonuS: how quickly?
Fast Mail; 24 hours
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500
exact date that World War I ended
11/11/1918
500
man who wrote several books refuting the theory of evolution
Dr. Harry Rimmer
500
lawyer who won the Scopes trial against evolution
William Jennings Bryan
500
British passenger liner sunk by Germany
boNuS: what year was it sunk AND about how many Americans died? YOU NEED BOTH (500)
Lusitania; over 100 in 1915
500
the difficult years of 1929-1939
The Great Depression
600
the sending of this proved that Germany was a threat to the United States as well as to Europe
boNuS: what did it promise to its intended recipient?
Zimmerman Note; promised Mexico land from the U.S. if it helped Germany fight them during WWI
600
invented the wireless telegraph
Guglielmo Marconi
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600
led the first successful expedition to the North Pole
Robert Peary
