Abeka 6th grade history test 15

America's most famous evangelist of the 19th century.

Legislation that guaranteed voting, housing, and job rights for ethnic minorities.

Nazi leader of Germany during WWII

One of the world's ten most admired women of her time was _____, a great opera singer.

____ was a Virginian who gained valuable military experience during the French and Indian War.

First president ever to resign from office

The American patriot who said, "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."

V-E Day

explorer who led the expedition which discovered the North Pole

Communist leader who agreed to a plan of "perestroika" or "reconstruction".

First use of the atomic bomb

Wants to preserve traditional beliefs and values

inventor of the mechanical reaper

first man to walk on the moon

President during Cuban Missile Crises

developed the assembly line

Emancipation Proclamation

one of the inventors of the airplane

President who helped bring about a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel.

November 11, 1918

"remember the Maine"

The first permanent English settlement in the New World.

The Amazon River Basin is home to the world's largest tropical rain forest.

capital of Brazil

The black educator who served as Special Advisor on Minority Affairs to Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Capital of Canada

Operation Desert Storm was directed against the country of _____.

Major mountain range in South America.

Communist leader of Russia during WWII

History is the record of what has happened to mankind.

Fascist leader of Italy during WWII.

inventor of the telegraph

Highest navigable lake in South America.

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

invented the lightbulb

Battle of Gettysburg

Black educator who founded the Tuskegee Institute

U.S. President during WWI

The 'George Washington' of South America

Said, "Give me liberty or give me death."

Rough Riders

Black minister who was very active in the civil rights movement

One of the driest regions in the world, found in South America, is the _______ Desert.

________ Indians who joined the Pilgrims for the first Thanksgiving.

bombing of Pearl Harbor

The most famous South American Indian civilization.

Zimmerman Note

inventor of the first liquid rocket fuel

"Plant Genius" who found 285 uses for the peanut

The largest canyon in the United States

A plain or hilly region within the temperate zone that is covered with tall grass.

First woman justice to the U.S. Supreme Court was appointed by ______.

Islamic terrorist group responsible for the attacks on September 11, 2001.

Commander of Allied forces in WWII who later became president of the U.S.

Angel of the Battlefield and founder of the American Red Cross.