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20.
Choose the best answer.

By perfecting mass-production techniques, ___ was able to sell his Model-T automobile at a price most Americans could afford.

Horace Dodge

Ferdinand Porsche

Henry Ford

John DeLorean
21.
Number in order the events that started World War I.

Germany declared war on Russia and France.
Great Britain declared war on Germany after German troops violate Belgian neutrality.
Italy signs secret treaty with Great Britain and joins the Allied powers.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated by a Serbian nationalist.
Austria declares war on Serbia.
22.
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A legal entity with authority to manage the assets of another is a(n) ________.

holding company

trust

pool

monopoly
23.
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An armistice on November 11, _____, marked the end of fighting during World War I.

1914

1911

1919

1918
24.
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The _______ provided for the preservation of national landmarks.

Land Reclamation Act

Sherman Park Act

Antiquities Act

Forest Service Act
25.
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Use of ________ as a weapon was a horrifying innovation of the First World War.

flamethrowers

tanks

airplanes

poison gas
26.
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In 1920 the first commercial ______ station, KDKA, went on the air.

radio

telegraph

television
27.
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The __________ Revolution led to Russia signing a peace treaty favorable towards Germany.

Red Baron

German

Russian

Bolshevik
28.
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______ sent a telegram to Mexico, seeking their support against the United States.

Heinrich von Eckardt

Arthur Zimmermann

Johann von Bernstorff

William Jennings Bryan
29.
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_____ was a Senator who opposed the League of Nations.

Warren G. Harding

David Lloyd George

Henry Cabot Lodge

Woodrow Wilson
30.
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France, Great Britain, and the United States were members of the ______.

Allied Powers

Triple Entente

Central Powers
31.
Match the individual with his contribution.

eluded 15,000 U.S. troops sent to capture him after a raid on American soil
President who supported the League of Nations
32.
Match the individual with his contribution.

followed Theodore Roosevelt as President of the United States
founder of the Bull Moose (Progressive) Party
33.
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Regulation of business, redistribution of wealth, and ______ were important tenets of Progressivism.

public welfare

foreign policy

military power
34.
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The ___ Act created a banking system to assist commerce and to issue paper currency.

Bank Oversight

Federal Reserve

Third National Bank

National Liquidity
35.
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Electrification was an important _______________ advance during the Progressive Era.

economical

financial

military

technological
36.
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A(n) ___ is a lighter-than-air craft with a rigid frame to hold its shape.

zeppelin

blimp

triplane

hot-air balloon
37.
Match the economic philosophies in order of their relative positions on the illustration.


Economic spectrum with blue on the left, fading into white in the middle, fading into red on the right; letters spaced evenly along the bottom from left to right read: A, B, C, D, E

laissez-faire capitalism
social-market capitalism
socialism
communism
free-market capitalism
38.
Match the individual with his contribution.

American soldier who killed 28 enemy soldiers while capturing 32 machine guns and 132 German soldiers
commander of the American Expeditionary Force
39.
Choose the best answer.

______ was the last emperor (czar) of Russia.

Peter I

Peter II

Nicholas II

Nicholas I
40.
Choose the best answer.

The U.S. government created or increased _____ on many items to help pay for war mobilization.

taxes

prices

vouchers

production

Answer 1

20. Henry Ford

21. In chronological order:
- Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated by a Serbian nationalist. (1)
- Austria declares war on Serbia. (2)
- Germany declared war on Russia and France. (3)
- Great Britain declared war on Germany after German troops violated Belgian neutrality. (4)
- Italy signs secret treaty with Great Britain and joins the Allied powers. (5)

22. trust

23. 1918

24. Antiquities Act

25. poison gas

26. radio

27. Bolshevik

28. Arthur Zimmermann

29. Henry Cabot Lodge

30. Allied Powers

31. Matches:
- Pancho Villa — eluded 15,000 U.S. troops sent to capture him after a raid on American soil
- Woodrow Wilson — President who supported the League of Nations

32. Matches:
- William Howard Taft — followed Theodore Roosevelt as President of the United States
- Theodore Roosevelt — founder of the Bull Moose (Progressive) Party

33. public welfare

34. Federal Reserve

35. technological

36. zeppelin

37. Left (A) to right (E):
A — communism
B — socialism
C — social-market capitalism
D — free-market capitalism
E — laissez-faire capitalism

38. Matches:
- Alvin C. York (Sergeant Alvin York) — American soldier who killed 28 enemy soldiers while capturing 32 machine guns and 132 German soldiers
- John J. Pershing — commander of the American Expeditionary Force

39. Nicholas II

40. taxes