Q: The Tariff Act of 1930 (codified at ), otherwise known as the SmootHawley Tariff or HawleySmoot Tariff, was an act implementing protectionist trade policies sponsored by Senator Reed Smoot and Representative Willis C. Hawley and signed into law on June 17, 1930. The act raised U.S. tariffs on over 20,000 imported goods.

The tariffs (this does not include duty-free imports see "Tariff levels" below) under the act were the second-highest in the U.S. in 100 years, exceeded by a small margin by the Tariff of 1828. The Act and following retaliatory tariffs by America's trading partners helped reduce American exports and imports by more than half during the Depression. Although economists disagree by how much, the consensus view among economists and economic historians is that "The passage of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff exacerbated the Great Depression."

In 1922, Congress passed the FordneyMcCumber Tariff act which increased tariffs on imports.

The League of Nations' World Economic Conference met at Geneva in 1927, concluding in its final report: "the time has come to put an end to tariffs, and to move in the opposite direction." Vast debts and reparations could only be repaid through gold, services or goods; but the only items available on that scale were goods. However, many of the delegates' governments did the opposite, starting in 1928 when France passed a new tariff law and quota system.

Answer the following questions:
1. What do experts say exacerbated the Great Depression?
2. What is another name for The Tariff Act of 1930?
3. Who sponsored it?
4. What did Congress pass in 1922?
5. When was The Tariff Act signed into law?
6. What conference met in 1927?
7. About how many goods did The Tariff Act raise tariffs on?
8. What did France do in 1928?
9. What was The Tariff Act exactly?
10. Did it included duty-free imports?
A: 1. The passage of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff
2. the SmootHawley Tariff or HawleySmoot Tariff
3. Senator Reed Smoot and Representative Willis C. Hawley
4. FordneyMcCumber Tariff act
5. on June 17, 1930
6. The League of Nations' World Economic Conference
7. over 20,000
8. passed a new tariff law and quota system.
9. an act implementing protectionist trade policies
10. no
Q: NEW YORK (CNN) -- A 14-year-old girl disappears on her way home from school, another is last seen near her home and a 16-year-old vanishes after leaving her fast-food job for the day.

Amanda Berry is shown near the time of her disappearance in 2003, and how she might appear today.

All from the same neighborhood in Cleveland, Ohio, the girls disappeared within five blocks of each other over a four-year span, starting in 2003.

Agents and detectives from the FBI and Cleveland Police are looking into hundreds of leads in the cases and whether they may be linked, according to FBI Special Agent Scott Wilson in the agency's Cleveland bureau.

"We kind of put all three of these cases together to work them to see if there's any connection," Wilson said.

Amanda Berry, 16, vanished on April 21, 2003, after she left her job at a Burger King at about 7:30 p.m. But she never made it to her home just a few blocks away, the FBI says. Berry has pierced ears, a pierced left eyebrow and a scar on her lower abdomen. She would now be 22.

Georgina DeJesus was last seen at a pay phone around 3 p.m. on April 2, 2004, as she headed home from school. She and a friend had called the friend's mother seeking permission for a sleepover at DeJesus' house, but the answer was no.

The girls then parted ways, and DeJesus was never seen again. She was wearing a white jacket, a sky blue sweater, blue jeans and a cream shirt. She has a light birthmark on her right leg and pierced ears, the FBI says. DeJesus was 14 when she disappeared and would now be 19.

Answer the following questions:
1. Where did Amanda Berry work?
2. How old was she?
3. How far from home was her job?
4. What time did she get off?
5. How did she get there?
6. What time did she get home?
7. What was her last day of work?
8. What is her current age?
9. Where did DeJesus want to spend the night?
10. Who did she want to spend the night with?
11. Where was she around 3?
12. What day was it?
13. Where was she coming from?
14. Was her friend allowed to spend the night?
15. How old was she?
16. Where is her birthmark?
17. What color is her jacket?
18. What about her jeans?
19. What city did she live in?
20. What about Amanda?
A: 1. Burger King
2. 16
3. just a few blocks away
4. about 7:30 p.m.
5. unknown
6. never made it to her home
7. April 21, 2003
8. 22
9. She and a friend had called the friend's mother seeking permission for a sleepover at DeJesus' house
10. a friend
11. at a pay phone
12. April 2, 2004
13. from school
14. no
15. 14
16. right leg
17. white
18. blue
19. Cleveland, Ohio
20. same
Q: Matt is an adult. He is looking for a job. He hopes to become a clown someday. He wants to be a clown because he loves making people laugh. In order to be a clown, Matt must go to clown school.

One day, Matt's friend tells him about a clown school in St. Louis. Matt becomes excited!

The next day, Matt goes to the clown school in St. Louis. Matt's friend does not go with him. Matt's friend does not want to be a clown because he doesn't like to look weird.

When Matt arrives at clown school, he sees a clown riding on a blue tricycle. The clown asks, "What are you doing here?"

Matt says, "I want to become a clown."

"Well, can you ride this blue tricycle?" the clown asked.

"Yes," Matt said. He rode the blue tricycle all around the clown school. In the classrooms, in the gym, and in the lunchroom.

"You have what it takes to be a clown," the clown said, "you are accepted to clown school."

Answer the following questions:
1. What is Matt?
2. What is he looking for?
3. Of what?
4. why?
5. What does he have to do?
6. Does he know of one?
7. how?
8. Where?
9. How does he feel?
10. What happens the next day?
11. with who?
12. what does he see there?
13. What does the clown say?
14. How does he respond?
15. And the clown's response?
16. What did Matt do?
17. where?
18. Did he get accepted?
A:
1. an adult
2. a job.
3. a clown
4. he loves making people laugh
5. go to clown school.
6. yes
7. HIs friend tells him.
8. St. Louis
9. excited!
10. he goes to the clown school
11. no one
12. a clown riding on a blue tricycle.
13. What are you doing here?
14. I want to become a clown
15. can you ride this blue tricycle?
16. He rode it
17. around the clown school
18. yes