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Gr 6 Hist Ch 12
Gr 6 History
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Mary McLeod Bethune | noted educator who became the first American black woman to head a federal agency |
| Casey Jones | famous engineer who died trying to slow down his crashing train |
| Guglielmo Marconi | invented the wireless telegraph |
| Theodore Roosevelt | 26th President; helped build Panama Canal |
| Robert Peary | led expedition that discovered the North Pole |
| Matthew Henson | Peary's black companion on expedition to North Pole |
| Kaiser Wilhelm II | ruler of Germany in 1914; he built up Germany's army and navy in an attempt to gain more land and control the seas |
| Archduke Ferdinand | heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary; his assassination served as an excuse to start WWI |
| Woodrow Wilson | U.S. President during WWI |
| Calvin Coolidge | first President to give his inaugural address over the radio |
| Charles Darwin | British naturalist who rejected the Scriptures and developed the theory of evolution |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt | President during the Great Depression; created jobs using money the government did not have |
| R. A. Torrey | first superintendent of the school that would become Moody Bible Institute |
| Billy Sunday | preacher who held great revival campaigns both in the U.S. and England |
| Gypsy Smith, G. Campbell Morgan, and F.B. Meyer | three great English preachers who preached in the U.S. |
| Theodore Roosevelt | President who said, "Speak softly and carry a big stick." |
| Woodrow Wilson | President during WWI who said, "The world must be made safe for democracy." |
| Calvin Coolidge | President who said, "The strength of the nation depends upon the character of the people." |
| William Jennings Bryan | famous lawyer who won the Scopes trial against evolution |
| Dr. Harry Rimmer | spoke in universities and wrote books to refute evolution |
| J. Gresham Machen | professor of Greek at Princeton who gave radio talks about the truth of the Bible |
| life expectancy | the average number of years that a group of people can be expected to live |
| alliance | a promise between two or more countries to fight together against their enemies in time of war |
| neutral nation | a country that does no take a side in a war |
| U-boat | underwater boat or submarine used by Germany in WWI |
| modernism | teachings by unbelieving preachers and teachers |
| fundamentalist | a person who affirms the truth of the Bible |
| Pledge of Allegiance | the statement of loyalty to the U.S. written by Francis Bellamy and first printed in the Youth's Companion |
| Fast Mail | the famous mail train that traveled between New York and Chicago in 24 hours |
| Great White Fleet | the fleet of 16 U.S. battleships sent on a world tour by President Roosevelt |
| Titanic | ship considered to be "unsinkable" sank off the coast of Newfoundland in 1912 |
| Allies | name given to the countries that sided against Germany in WWI |
| Central Powers | name given to the countries that sided with Germany in WWI |
| Lusitania | the British passenger liner sunk by German U-boats in 1915, killing more than 1,000 people |
| Zimmermann Note | letter sent to Mexico by Germany asking for help in the war and promising Mexico part of America if she heped |
| Great Depression | the period of time between 1929-1939 when the United States had severe economic difficulties |
| 1914 | year in which World War I began and the Panama Canal opened |
| May 1915 | month and year the Lusitania sank |
| April 1917 | month and year that U.S. declared war on Germany |
| November 11, 1918 | day WWI ended; today is the day celebrating Veterans Day honoring those who have fought for our country and served in the armed forces |
| teddy bear | toy made in honor of Theodore Roosevelt |
| 1914-1918 | dates of World War I |
| standard time | instituted by railroads to reduce confusion caused by differing times |
| 1. strengthened our country's defenses by increasing our military 2. sent fleet on world tour as a warning 3. used diplomacy to settle war between Russia and Japan 4. earned Nobel Prize for this peace 5. negotiated treaty with Panama to build canal 6. worked to conserve our forests and natural resources | name two accomplishments Theodore Roosevelt was responsible for as Presidency |
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