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    8th Grade

    Learning Objective Questions

    2nd QUARTER

     

    1. How did the entry of the Ottoman Empire into the war on the side of the Central Powers affect the course of the war?(7.2)

    2. Describe the details of the Gallipoli Campaign. What was the final outcome?(7.2)

    3. How did the Germans smash the French defenses and gain an initial breakthrough at the Battle of Verdun?(7.2)

    4. What was the objective of "Operation Gericht"? What was the outcome?(7.2)

    5. Why did the British launch an offensive at the Somme in July of 1916? How did the attack effect the fighting at Verdun?(7.2)

    6. What was the outcome of the Battle of the Somme in 1916?(7.2)

    7. World War I is described as "total war"? What is a "total war"?(7.3)

    8. What impact did German U-boat attacks have upon the war?(7.3) 

    9. What evidence shows that by 1917, soldiers' morale declined and negatively affected the war effort?(7.3)  

    10. What were the main reasons why the U.S. entered WWI?(7.3)

    11. How did Russia's withdrawal from the war affect the course of events in 1917 and 1918?(7.3)

    12. Describe the carnage at the Battle of Passchendaele.(Topic 7.3)

    13. Why do we remember and commemorate December 7th as an important day in American History? 

    14. What effect did American troops have on the fighting on the Western Front in 1918?(Topic 7.3)  

    15. What was the Kaiserschlacht? Why did it fail?

    16. What was the deciding factor in the defeat of Germany and the Central Powers in 1918?(Topic 7.3)

    17. When did the fighting of the First World War finally come to an end?(7.3)

    18. How did the terms of the Treaty of Versailles end up having disastrous consequences?(Topic 7.3)

    19. Why are the 1920's often called the "Roaring Twenties"?(8.5)

    20. The 1920's was a decade of unprecedented technological advances. Describe four innovations or inventions that became popular during the 1920's.(8.5)

    21. What event is considered to mark the end of the "Roaring Twenties?"(8.5)

    22. What factors brought about the Stock Market Crash of 1929 and the subsequent economic catastrophe known as the Great Depression?(8.5)

    23. How did President Herbert Hoover respond to the stock market crash and the onset of the Great Depression?(8.5)

    24. How did Franklin D. Roosevelt's approach to combating the Great Depression differ from that of Hoover, his predecessor?(8.5)