6th Grade Test 9 Ch. 10-11 Flashcards
Alexander Graham Bell invented this
The telephone
Thomas Edison invented this
The electric lightbulb
Henry Ford produced this
The Model T
Robert Fulton invented this
The steamboat
Robert Goddard invented this
The liquid-fuel rocket
Cyrus McCormick invented this
The mechanical reaper
Garrett A. Morgan invented this
The gas mask
Samuel Morse invented this
The telegraph
Wilbur and Orville Wright invented this
The airplane
The law which gave 160 acres of land to families settling parts of the west was called this
The Homestead Act
Sections of land set aside by the government for Indian tribes are called this
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 is called this
And immigrant
This person organized America’s oil industry
John D. Rockefeller
The steel industry was brought to America by this person
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
Morse Code
Russian America eventually became this state
Alaska
“Remember the main” became a slogan during this war
The 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 here in 1861
Fort Sumter
One of the most famous leaders of the underground railroad was this person
Harriet Tubman
The Union’s ironclad ship was called this
The Monitor
President Lincoln’s announcement that all slaves would be considered free in any state fighting against the Union was called this
The Emancipation Proclamation
The general who became commander of all Union armies in 1864
Ulysses S. Grant
The turning point of the Civil War was this battle
The battle of Gettysburg
The battle of Vicksburg was important because…..
The Union Army cut the south in two by gaining control of the Mississippi River.
The union general whose “march to the 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
This happened in Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia, on April 9, 1865
Lee surrendered to Grant
The 16th United States President
Abraham Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth is remembered for this
He shot President Lincoln
To carry mail across the United States quickly, this began to operate in 1860 and continued for 19 months
The Pony Express
Clara Barton is remembered for doing this
She founded the American red cross
What is D. L. Moody famous for?
He was America’s most famous evangelist during the 19th century
Booker T. Washington is remembered for this
He founded Tuskeegee Institute
Who’s the lab was known as “God’s little workshop”?
George Washington Carver’s
People who spent 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
The 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 this….
The Confederate states of America
These two important issues were settled by the Civil War
Before the war, some states believe that since they voluntarily joined the Union, they could leave when they chose. Other states believed the Union could not be divided. The Civil War settled that argument; no state could leave the union. The second issue was that of slavery. The end of the Civil War brought about the end of slavery.
Locate these places on a map
Baffin Island Davis Street Island of Newfoundland Greenland Lake Titicaca Victoria Island Falkland islands Great Lakes South Georgia Island Vancouver Island Hawaiian Islands Lake Winnipeg Queen Elizabeth Islands Hudson Strait Lake Maracaibo Ellesmere Island Galapagos Islands Bering Strait West Indies Straight of Magellan
Eli Whitney invented this
The cotton gin
