8th Grade Social Studies Homework – Week of 1/26 –
1/30/2015
MONDAY, 1/26
Re-Read Chapter 24 Section 1 – p.744 – 747 – You should have
already put content vocabulary and Key People and Events into
your Social Studies notebook (assignment from last week)
In the Homework Section of your Social Studies notebook –
Answer the following questions: Questions are to be restated
and content based.
1. What event symbolized the fear of immigrants during the
Red Scare?
2. What organization did A. Philip Randolph start?
3. Why did steelworkers go on strike in 1919?
4. What happened to the Boston police force when it went on
strike?
5. What do anarchists believe?
TUESDAY, 1/27
Read Chapter 24 – Section 2 – p. 750-753
Define Content Vocabulary – p. 750
Identify/Explain Key People and Events – p. 750
You may need to use outside sources to be complete in your
explanations.
In the Homework Section of your Social Studies notebook –
Answer the following questions: Questions are to be restated
and content based.
1. Who was the Ohio Gang?
2. What countries became friendlier neighbors due to
withdrawal of U.S. troops and peaceful negotiations?
3. What does laissez-faire mean?
4. What is isolationism?
5. Which countries participated in the Five-Power Treaty?
WEDNESDAY, 1/28
Read Chapter 24 – Section 3 – p. 754-757
Define Content Vocabulary – p. 754
Identify/Explain Key People and Events – p. 754
You may need to use outside sources to be complete in your
explanations.
In the Homework Section of your Social Studies notebook –
Answer the following questions: Questions are to be restated
and content based.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
List two practices of welfare capitalism.
What is the gross national product?
What did drivers need as the use of cars increased?
What is productivity?
What is the process of installment buying?
THURSDAY, 1/29
Read Chapter 24 – Section 4 – p. 758-764
Define Content Vocabulary – p. 758
Identify/Explain Key People and Events – p. 758
You may need to use outside sources to be complete in your
explanations.
In the Homework Section of your Social Studies notebook –
Answer the following questions: Questions are to be restated
and content based.
1.
2.
3.
4.
What was the “noble experiment”?
What was the goal of the Emergency Quota Act?
What did the Nineteenth Amendment do?
Name the African American cultural movement that
occurred in New York City.
5. What does the term “Hooverize” mean?
FRIDAY, 1/30 – due Monday, 2/2
Go back to Chapter 24 – all sections (1-4) and answer the
following Reading Check Questions – make sure to write
page number and RESTATE Questions in your respones.
THESE QUESTION WILL BE USED AS A QUIZ – MAKE SURE
TO WORK CAREFULLY AND ACCURATELY AND TO
IDENTIFY PAGE NUMBERS
READING CHECK QUESTIONS
PAGES 746, 752, 753, 757, 761, 763, 764