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6th Grade History Test 12 Flashcards

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

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Ronald Reagan

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This President’s welfare program was called the New Frontier

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John F. Kennedy

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He strengthened the military alliance of NATO

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Operation desert Storm in Iraq was under his Presidency.

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George H. W. Bush

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He was the only president to resign from office.

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Richard M. Nixon

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

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Ronald Reagan

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President Johnson’s plan for social reform

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the Great Society

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

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Reagan Revolution

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

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1964 Civil Rights Act

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

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legalized abortion

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capital of California

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Sacramento

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capital of Arizona

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Phoenix

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capital of Montana

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Helena

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capital of Nebraska

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Lincoln

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capital of Texas

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Austin

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capital of New York

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Albany

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capital of Florida

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Tallahassee

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capital of Idaho

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Boise

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capital of Alaska

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Juneau

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capital of Utah

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Salt Lake City

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capital of Wisconsin

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Madison

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capital of Virginia

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Richmond

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capital of Hawaii

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Honolulu

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capital of Maine

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Augusta

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capital of New Jersey

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Trenton

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capital of Kentucky

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Frankfort

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capital of Vermont

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Montpelier

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capital of Pennsylvania

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Harrisburg

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capital of Oregon

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Salem

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capital of Illinois

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Springfield

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the system of producing and distributing goods

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economy

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two events that caused a slowdown in the space program

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explosion of space shuttle Challenger

explosion of space shuttle Columbia

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

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al Qaeda

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

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Afghanistan

Iraq

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first black major league baseball player

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Jackie Robinson

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Supreme Court Justice who stressed the importance of moral character

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Clarence Thomas

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first American to orbit the earth

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John Glenn

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first man to walk on the moon

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Neil Armstrong

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first black President of the United States

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Barack Obama

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

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Rosa Parks

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first woman appointed to the Supreme Court by Ronald Reagan

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Sandra Day O’Connor

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doctor who developed a vaccine for polio

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Jonas Salk

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one of the greatest opera singers of her time

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Marian Anderson

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first American to fly in space

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Alan Shepard

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helped bring about a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel

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Jimmy Carter

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black minister active in civil rights movement

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Martin Luther King, Jr.

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President during the Cuban Missile Crisis

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John F. Kennedy

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

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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.

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