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8SS_3rdQtrTest
8th Grade 3rd Qtr Test 2020
Question | Answer |
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North Carolina became the South's most industrialized state because of what? | expanding textile, furniture and tobacco industries |
How did the growth of industry have a profound effect on North Carolina life and culture? | it was evidenced by business profits helping to build towns and industries shaped the "working class" by increasing the number of middle-class professionals |
Why did mill owners start education and entertainment programs known as "welfare work"? | to keep workers from moving so often and to encourage workers to develop habits and goals that would help them thrive in modern industrial life |
How did reformers work to make a more orderly, safe and prosperous society? | by making efforts to end widespread diseases and addressing housing and sanitation challenges |
What was the Plessy v. Ferguson Court ruling? | states could legally establish "separate, but equal" institutions for blacks |
Why did neutrality prove difficult for the United States? | the economy of the US depended on exports to Europe |
What were Americans who celebrated their victory in World War 1 forced to face? | the problem of pandemic which affected more than 1/4 of Americans |
What did the Roaring 20's accomplish? | it sparked economic growth and social change |
How did the African Americans lead the way in the Great Migration? | by finding jobs and better schools in the North, but still facing constant discrimination |
What was the 19th Amendment? | It gave women the right to vote |
In North Carolina, the 1920's could be described as a time when what happened? | industry boomed and the farm economy suffered |
When did the Great Depression begin? | when banks failed, crop prices fell, and thousands of people lost their jobs |
Why was the banking system affected by the Great Depression? | too many of the people who borrowed money did not repay their loans |
What was Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal? | It created federally funded jobs for unemployed people |