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6th Grade Test 9 Ch. 10-11 Flashcards

1
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Alexander Graham Bell invented this

A

The telephone

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2
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Thomas Edison invented this

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The electric lightbulb

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3
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Henry Ford produced this

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The Model T

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4
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Robert Fulton invented this

A

The steamboat

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5
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Robert Goddard invented this

A

The liquid-fuel rocket

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6
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Cyrus McCormick invented this

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The mechanical reaper

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7
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Garrett A. Morgan invented this

A

The gas mask

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8
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Samuel Morse invented this

A

The telegraph

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9
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Wilbur and Orville Wright invented this

A

The airplane

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10
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The law which gave 160 acres of land to families settling parts of the west was called this

A

The Homestead Act

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11
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Sections of land set aside by the government for Indian tribes are called this

A

Reservations

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12
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One of the greatest land Rushes was in what is now the state of…

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Oklahoma

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13
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A person who comes into a new country to live is called this

A

And immigrant

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14
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This person organized America’s oil industry

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John D. Rockefeller

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15
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The steel industry was brought to America by this person

A

Andrew Carnegie

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16
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The man who developed the assembly line method of production

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Henry Ford

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17
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The system of dots and dashes used to send messages over the telegraph

A

Morse Code

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18
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Russian America eventually became this state

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Alaska

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19
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“Remember the main” became a slogan during this war

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The Spanish-American war

20
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The leader of the Rough Riders

A

Theodore Roosevelt

21
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The territory that became our 50th state

A

Hawaii

22
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The first battle of the Civil War began here in 1861

A

Fort Sumter

23
Q

One of the most famous leaders of the underground railroad was this person

A

Harriet Tubman

24
Q

The Union’s ironclad ship was called this

A

The Monitor

25
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President Lincoln’s announcement that all slaves would be considered free in any state fighting against the Union was called this

A

The Emancipation Proclamation

26
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The general who became commander of all Union armies in 1864

A

Ulysses S. Grant

27
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The turning point of the Civil War was this battle

A

The battle of Gettysburg

28
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The battle of Vicksburg was important because…..

A

The Union Army cut the south in two by gaining control of the Mississippi River.

29
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The union general whose “march to the sea” hastened the end of the war

A

William T. Sherman

30
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The capital of the Confederate states

A

Richmond, Virginia

31
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The president of the Confederacy

A

Jefferson Davis

32
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This happened in Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia, on April 9, 1865

A

Lee surrendered to Grant

33
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The 16th United States President

A

Abraham Lincoln

34
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John Wilkes Booth is remembered for this

A

He shot President Lincoln

35
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To carry mail across the United States quickly, this began to operate in 1860 and continued for 19 months

A

The Pony Express

36
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Clara Barton is remembered for doing this

A

She founded the American red cross

37
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What is D. L. Moody famous for?

A

He was America’s most famous evangelist during the 19th century

38
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Booker T. Washington is remembered for this

A

He founded Tuskeegee Institute

39
Q

Who’s the lab was known as “God’s little workshop”?

A

George Washington Carver’s

40
Q

People who spent much time trying to outlaw slavery

A

Abolitionists

41
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The system of escape routes and hiding places that developed in the mid-1800s to help slaves flee to freedom

A

The Underground Railroad

42
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A decision that tries to satisfy both sides of an argument

A

Compromise

43
Q

The southern states that left the union formed their own nation called this….

A

The Confederate states of America

44
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These two important issues were settled by the Civil War

A

Before the war, some states believe that since they voluntarily joined the Union, they could leave when they chose. Other states believed the Union could not be divided. The Civil War settled that argument; no state could leave the union. The second issue was that of slavery. The end of the Civil War brought about the end of slavery.

45
Q

Locate these places on a map

A 
Baffin Island
Davis Street 
Island of Newfoundland
Greenland 
Lake Titicaca 
Victoria Island 
Falkland islands 
Great Lakes 
South Georgia Island 
Vancouver Island 
Hawaiian Islands 
Lake Winnipeg 
Queen Elizabeth Islands 
Hudson Strait
Lake Maracaibo 
Ellesmere Island 
Galapagos Islands 
Bering Strait 
West Indies 
Straight of Magellan
46
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Eli Whitney invented this

A

The cotton gin

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