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Today's Trivia: (Put the answer in your warm up document; 1 point for correct answer)
On this date in 1794,President George Washington approved adding two stars and two stripes to the American flag, following admission of ________________ and __________________ to the union.
8th:
MATCHING In the space provided, write the letter of the term, person,
or place that matches each description. Some answers will not be used.
______ 1. sunk by a German U-boat killing 1,200
people, including 128 Americans
______ 2. sent by German foreign minister to
Mexico; decoded and published by
American newspapers
______ 3. asked Congress to declare war on
Germany in April 1917
______ 4. required men between the ages of 21 and
30 to register to be drafted
______ 5. organized rallies and parades and published
posters and pamphlets to support
the war
______ 6. restricted free speech and allowed the
government to arrest war opponents
______ 7. provided billions of dollars for loans to
the Allies
______ 8. oversaw the production and distribution
of steel, copper, cement, and rubber
______ 9. voted against the United States’ entering
World War I
______ 10. helped workers and management avoid
strikes and reach agreements, established
a minimum wage and limited work hours
a. Committee on Public
Information
b. Espionage Act of
1917
c. Jane Addams
d. Jeannette Rankin
e. Liberty bonds
f. Lusitania
g. National War Labor
Board
h. prices
i. Selective Service Act
j. Sussex
k. War Industries Board
l. Woodrow Wilson
m. Zimmerman Note
7th:
Decide whether each sentence below is TRUE or FALSE. If the sentence is
false, change the underlined word to make the sentence true.
1. American models of government included New England town meetings,
the Virginia House of Burgesses, and the
Mayflower Compact.
2. Under the Articles of Confederation, the national government consisted
of
a president and a Confederation Congress.
3. The
Northwest Ordinance of 1787 declared that no person could be
forced to attend a particular church.
4. The state of Maryland refused to ratify the Articles of Confederation
until other states gave up their
western land claims.