6th Grade History Test 9 Flashcards
invented the cotton gin
Eli Whitney
invented the mechanical reaper
Cyrus McCormick
invented the steamboat
Robert Fulton
invented the telegraph
Samuel Morse
invented the telephone
Alexander Graham Bell
invented the electric light bulb
Thomas Edison
invented the airplane
Wilbur and Orville Wright
produced the Model T
Henry Ford
invented the liquid-fuel rocket
Robert Goddard
invented the gas mask
Garrett A. Morgan
the law which gave 160 acres of land to families settling parts of the West
Homestead Act
Sections of land set aside by the government for Indian tribes
reservations
one of the greatest land rushes was in what is now the state of
Oklahoma
a person who comes into a new country to live
immigrant
organized America’s oil industry
John D. Rockefeller
the steel industry was brought to America by
Andrew Carnegie
the man who developed the assembly line method of production
Henry Ford
the system of dots and dashes used to send messages over the telegraph is called
Morse code
Russian America eventually became the state of
Alaska
“Remember the Maine” became a slogan during which war
Spanish-American WAr
the leader of the Rough Riders
Theodore Roosevelt
the territory that became our 50th state
Hawaii
the first battle of the Civil War began at
Ft. Sumter in 1861
One of the most famous leaders of the Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman
the Union’s ironclad ship
Monitor
President Lincoln’s announcement that all slaves would be considered free in any state fighting against the Union
the Emancipation Proclamation
the general who became commander of all Union armies in 1864
Ulysses S. Grant
the turning point of the Civil War
Battle of Gettysburg
Why was the battle of Vicksburg important?
The Union Army cut the South in two by gaining control of the Mississippi River
the union general whose “march to sea” hastened the end of the war
William T. Sherman
the capital of the Confederate states
Richmond, Virginia
the president of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
What happened in Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia, on April 9, 1865
Lee surrendered to Grant.
the 16th President of the U.S.
Abraham Lincoln
What is John Wilkes Booth remembered for?
He shot President Lincoln.
to carry mail across the United States quickly, __- began to operate in 1860 ad continued for 19 months.
the Pony Express
for what accomplishment is Clara Barton best remembered
She founded the American Red Cross.
For what is D. L. Moody famous?
He was America’s most famous evangelist during the 19th century.
For what accomplishment is Booker T. Washington remembered?
He founded Tuskegee Institute.
Whose lab was known as “God’s Little Workshop”?
George Washington Carver’s
people who spent too much time trying to outlaw slavery
abolitionists
the system of escape routes and hiding places that developed in the mid-1800s to help slaves flee to freedom
Underground Railroad
a decision that tries to satisfy both sides of an argument
compromise
the southern states that left the Union formed their own nation called
the Confederate States of America
What two important issues were settled by the Civil War?
Before the war, some states believed that since they voluntarily joined the Union, they could leave when they chose. Other states believed theUnion could not be divided. The Civl War settled that argument; no state could leave the Union. The second important issue was that of slavery. The end of the Civil War also brought about the end of slavery.
