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Stickler 8th U2:QZ1
Mr. Stickler's 8th Grade HAM Unit 2 Quiz 1 Flashcards
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What does the word "latitude" mean? | It is an imaginary line that runs east to west around the globe. The Equator is an example. |
| What does the word "longitude"mean? | It is an imaginary line that runs north to south around the top and bottom of the globe. The Prime Meridian is an example. |
| How long does "short term memory" last? | It lasts about 30 seconds. |
| What is one (1) way we can get information past our short term memories and into our long term memory for storage? | One way to get information into our long term memory is to work with it in different ways. For example, we can use the SQR2 pre-reading technique to Survey, Question, Read, and Review material. |
| Who was William M. "Boss" Tweed? | He was a corrupt city alderman in New York City who was part of the Tammany Hall political machine in the 19th century. |
| What is a "political machine"? | This is a group of politicians who ran unofficial governments alongside a city's real government. |
| Give two (2) examples of the extent of "Boss" Tweed's corruption. | He charged extra to build buildings for New York City and took the extra money for himself, and , he paid bribes to people to get them to do what he wanted. |
| What was Mark Twain's "real" name? | His "real" name was Samuel Clemens. |
| Why did Samuel Clemens change his name and take up a pen name? | He took up a pen name because he was a deserter from the Army and he did not want to get caught. |
| What does the term "mark, twain" mean in the steamboat industry? | The term means "water two fathoms (12 feet) deep". Water this deep was safe for steamboats to pass through. |
| Give two (2) possible reasons why adventure novels like "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" appealed to 19th century Americans. | These novels appealed to Americans because, 1.) They wanted to forget their everyday lives and escape into the characters of the book, or, 2.) They made Americans think about who they were and who they wanted to be. (page 49) |
| What were the two (2) European countries had the most American immigrants in the early 19th century? | Germany and Ireland had the most American immigrants in the early 19th century. |
| How did U.S. immigration patterns change between 1860 & 1910 in terms of the countries where the most immigrants came from was concerned? | In 1860, more immigrants came from Northern & Western Europe. In 1910, fewer immigrants came from Northern & Western Europe and more started coming from Southern and Eastern Europe. (Page 52) |
| Give two (2) reasons why people immigrated to the U.S. from other countries in the early 19th century. | One reason was that they were escaping religious persecution; the other is that the population in Europe was rising so fast that there were no more jobs for them in their countries. |
| What were "tenements"? | These were crowded, tiny, dirty apartments where many European immigrants ended up living in the mid to late 19th century. These were all immigrants could afford. |
| What kind of people made up the American (political) Party? | This group was made up of people who were prejudiced against many races and religious groups other than their own. |
| List one (1) example of discrimination (also called "race hate") that people from the American Party committed. | This group destroyed a stone block sent from Rome by the pope (because they were anti-Catholic). They were "anti-Catholic" and "anti-foreign"). (Pg. 59, textbook) |
| How much salary were Chinese workers willing to accept compared to American workers (for the same job)? | Chinese workers were (initially) willing to accept $1.00 a day; Americans would only accept much higher salaries. |
| What is the difference between "prejudice" and "discrimination"? | Prejudice relates to negative thoughts or feelings about a group other than one's own. Discrimination relates to actual negative actions taken against the other groups (such as excluding them from certain restaurants or neighborhoods). |
| Who were the two parties in the Supreme Court trial "Yick Wo vs. Hopkins"? | The defendant was a man named Lee Yick - he owned a California laundry for 22 years. The other party was Sheriff Hopkins - the sheriff who arrested Chinese laundry owners in California for violating a San Francisco fire ordinance. |
| What Constitutional Amendment did the "Yick Wo vs. Hopkins" Supreme Court trial deal with? | This court case dealt with the 14th Amendment (called the "due process" clause of the Constitution). |
| Why is Mary G. Bellamy important to the Women's Suffrage Movement of the early 20th century? | She was the first woman elected to the U.S. Congress. |
| Why was Esther Hobart Morris important to the Women's Suffrage Movement of the early 19th century? | She was important because in 1869 she persuaded both the Democratic and Republican candidates for the Wyoming legislature to agree to introduce a bill giving women the right to vote. |
| What does the word "suffrage" mean? | It means "the right to vote". |
| Why was Louisa Ann Swain important to the Women's Suffrage Movement of the early 19th century? | She was the first woman to cast a vote in a public election. |
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