Flashcards in 6th Grade Test 9 Ch. 10-11 Deck (46)
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Alexander Graham Bell invented this
The telephone
2
Thomas Edison invented this
The electric lightbulb
3
Henry Ford produced this
The Model T
4
Robert Fulton invented this
The steamboat
5
Robert Goddard invented this
The liquid-fuel rocket
6
Cyrus McCormick invented this
The mechanical reaper
7
Garrett A. Morgan invented this
The gas mask
8
Samuel Morse invented this
The telegraph
9
Wilbur and Orville Wright invented this
The airplane
10
The law which gave 160 acres of land to families settling parts of the west was called this
The Homestead Act
11
Sections of land set aside by the government for Indian tribes are called this
Reservations
12
One of the greatest land Rushes was in what is now the state of...
Oklahoma
13
A person who comes into a new country to live is called this
And immigrant
14
This person organized America's oil industry
John D. Rockefeller
15
The steel industry was brought to America by this person
Andrew Carnegie
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The man who developed the assembly line method of production
Henry Ford
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The system of dots and dashes used to send messages over the telegraph
Morse Code
18
Russian America eventually became this state
Alaska
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"Remember the main" became a slogan during this war
The Spanish-American war
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The leader of the Rough Riders
Theodore Roosevelt
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The territory that became our 50th state
Hawaii
22
The first battle of the Civil War began here in 1861
Fort Sumter
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One of the most famous leaders of the underground railroad was this person
Harriet Tubman
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The Union's ironclad ship was called this
The Monitor
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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
The Emancipation Proclamation
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The general who became commander of all Union armies in 1864
Ulysses S. Grant
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The turning point of the Civil War was this battle
The battle of Gettysburg
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The battle of Vicksburg was important because.....
The Union Army cut the south in two by gaining control of the Mississippi River.
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The union general whose "march to the sea" hastened the end of the war
William T. Sherman
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