6th Grade History Test 10

Question 1

the first black-American woman to head a federal agency

Answer 1

Mary McLeod Bethune

Question 2

the 16 white battleships that President Roosevelt sent on a world tour

Answer 2

Great White Fleet

Question 3

the name of the famous mail train that traveled between New York and Chicago in 24 hours

Answer 3

Fast Mail

Question 4

the difficult years of 1929-1939

Answer 4

the Great Depression

Question 5

people who affirm the truth of the Bible

Answer 5

fundamentalists

Question 6

the statement of loyalty to America written by Francis Bellamy

Answer 6

Pledge of Allegiance

Question 7

toy made in honor of Theodor Roosevelt

Answer 7

teddy bear

Question 8

Germany’s underwater boats

Answer 8

U-boats

Question 9

November 11, the day we honor all those who have fought for our country in any war or served in our nation’s armed forced

Answer 9

Veterans Day

Question 10

the dates of World War I

Answer 10

1914-1918

Question 11

the incident that served as an excuse for the beginning of World War I

Answer 11

the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand

Question 12

the countries that sided with Germany in World War I were called

Answer 12

Central Powers

Question 13

the countries that sided against Germany in World War I were called

Answer 13

Allied Powers

Question 14

the President of the United States during World War I

Answer 14

Woodrow Wilson

Question 15

the “unsinkable” ocean liner that sank off the coast of Newfoundland in 1912

Answer 15

the Titanic

Question 16

the action which proved that Germany was a threat to the United States as well as to Europe

Answer 16

the sending of the Zimmerman Note

Question 17

the man who wrote several books refuting the theory of evolution

Answer 17

Dr. Harry Rimmer

Question 18

the first successful expedition to the North Pole was led by

Answer 18

Robert Peary

Question 19

the famous railroad engineer who died while trying to save his passengers

Answer 19

Casey Jones

Question 20

a British naturalist who rejected the Scriptures and developed the theory of evolution

Answer 20

Charles Darwin

Question 21

standard time was instituted by ___ in the United States

Answer 21

railroads

Question 22

the life expectancy of men in the 1900s was shorter/longer than it is today

Answer 22

shorter

Question 23

this letter promised Mexico a part of the United States if it fought with Germany in World War I

Answer 23

Zimmermann Note

Question 24

He invented the wireless telegraph

Answer 24

Guglielmo Marconi

Question 25

He said, "The world must be made safe for democracy."

Answer 25

Woodrow Wilson

Question 26

World War I ended on this date.

Answer 26

November 11, 1918

Question 27

He said, "Speak softly and carry a big stick."

Answer 27

Theodore Roosevelt

Question 28

The President who created jobs during the Great Depression with money the government did not have.

Answer 28

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Question 29

Over 100 Americans died when this British passenger liner and in May 1915

Answer 29

Lusitania

Question 30

He said, "The strength of the nation depends upon the character of the people."

Answer 30

Calvin Coolidge

Question 31

The lawyer who won the Scopes trial against evolution

Answer 31

William Jennings Bryan

Question 32

The professor who gave radio talks about the truth of the Bible and the falseness of modernism.

Answer 32

J. Gresham Machen

Question 33

What were Theodore Roosevelt's accomplishments as President? Discuss at least three of them.

Answer 33

Theodore Roosevelt believed that peace could be kept by diplomacy and by being prepared for war. Because of these beliefs, he strengthened our country's defenses by increasing the number of American battleships and armored cruisers. He even sent some of them, "The Great White Fleet," on a tour around the world to show hostile nations that we could not be attacked without grave consequences. he used his skill ind diplomacy to settle a war between Russia and Japan, an act that earned him the Nobel Prize for peace. He negotiated a treaty with Panama to allow the building of the Panama Canal. he also worked to conserve our forests and other natural resources.

Question 34

Know your map locations.

Answer 34

Study your map :)