6th Grade History Test 12

Question 1

He believed Communism should be stopped before it could attack and enslave a country

Answer 1

Ronald Reagan

Question 2

This President’s welfare program was called the New Frontier

Answer 2

John F. Kennedy

Question 3

He strengthened the military alliance of NATO

Answer 3

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Question 4

Operation desert Storm in Iraq was under his Presidency.

Answer 4

George H. W. Bush

Question 5

He was the only president to resign from office.

Answer 5

Richard M. Nixon

Question 6

This President convinced the Soviet Union leader Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall and begin Perestroika

Answer 6

Ronald Reagan

Question 7

President Johnson’s plan for social reform

Answer 7

the Great Society

Question 8

the attempt to return America to the traditional values of church, family, and free enterprise

Answer 8

Reagan Revolution

Question 9

the legislation that guarantees voting, housing, and job rights for ethnic minorities

Answer 9

1964 Civil Rights Act

Question 10

one of the decisions handed down by the liberal Supreme Court of the 1970s was Roe vs. Wade, which

Answer 10

legalized abortion

Question 11

capital of California

Answer 11

Sacramento

Question 12

capital of Arizona

Answer 12

Phoenix

Question 13

capital of Montana

Answer 13

Helena

Question 14

capital of Nebraska

Answer 14

Lincoln

Question 15

capital of Texas

Answer 15

Austin

Question 16

capital of New York

Answer 16

Albany

Question 17

capital of Florida

Answer 17

Tallahassee

Question 18

capital of Idaho

Answer 18

Boise

Question 19

capital of Alaska

Answer 19

Juneau

Question 20

capital of Utah

Answer 20

Salt Lake City

Question 21

capital of Wisconsin

Answer 21

Madison

Question 22

capital of Virginia

Answer 22

Richmond

Question 23

capital of Hawaii

Answer 23

Honolulu

Question 24

capital of Maine

Answer 24

Augusta

Question 25

capital of New Jersey

Answer 25

Trenton

Question 26

capital of Kentucky

Answer 26

Frankfort

Question 27

capital of Vermont

Answer 27

Montpelier

Question 28

capital of Pennsylvania

Answer 28

Harrisburg

Question 29

capital of Oregon

Answer 29

Salem

Question 30

capital of Illinois

Answer 30

Springfield

Question 31

the system of producing and distributing goods

Answer 31

economy

Question 32

two events that caused a slowdown in the space program

Answer 32

explosion of space shuttle Challenger | explosion of space shuttle Columbia

Question 33

an Islamic terrorist group responsible for the attack on September 11, 2001

Answer 33

al Qaeda

Question 34

two countries where the U.S. military attacked terrorists in the "War on Terror"

Answer 34

Afghanistan | Iraq

Question 35

first black major league baseball player

Answer 35

Jackie Robinson

Question 36

Supreme Court Justice who stressed the importance of moral character

Answer 36

Clarence Thomas

Question 37

first American to orbit the earth

Answer 37

John Glenn

Question 38

first man to walk on the moon

Answer 38

Neil Armstrong

Question 39

first black President of the United States

Answer 39

Barack Obama

Question 40

lady who refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, an act which led to a change ins segregation laws

Answer 40

Rosa Parks

Question 41

first woman appointed to the Supreme Court by Ronald Reagan

Answer 41

Sandra Day O'Connor

Question 42

doctor who developed a vaccine for polio

Answer 42

Jonas Salk

Question 43

one of the greatest opera singers of her time

Answer 43

Marian Anderson

Question 44

first American to fly in space

Answer 44

Alan Shepard

Question 45

helped bring about a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel

Answer 45

Jimmy Carter

Question 46

black minister active in civil rights movement

Answer 46

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Question 47

President during the Cuban Missile Crisis

Answer 47

John F. Kennedy

Question 48

Explain the position of political liberals and political conservatives in modern America. Use complete sentences.

Answer 48

Liberals endeavor to break away from traditional beliefs and values. They believe that the government should provide for people's everyday needs. Conservatives believe that the job of the government is to protect people from invaders. People must be fee to handle their own daily responsibilities. Conservatives are concerned with preserving America's heritage of freedom and responsibility.