1. Mobile County Social Studies 6th Grade
1st Quarter CRT Review
Mobile County
Social Studies
6th Grade

2. Question 1
Who argued that schools should relate learning to the interests, problems, and concerns of students?

3. Question 2
What were recreation centers for city youth called?

4. Question 3
What settlement house was founded by Jane Addams?

5. Question 4
Many immigrants lived in apartment slums called ___________.

6. Question 5
What term means to burn a symbol into an animals hide to show owership?

7. Question 6
What amendment created income tax?

8. Question 7
What amendment made it illegal to make, sell, or transport alcohol? (Prohibition Amendment)

9. Question 8
Who was responsible for inventions such as the light bulb and the development of the first electric power plant?

10. Question 9
Who was a member of the Tuskegee faculty that is known for his many developments using the peanut?

11. Question 10
Where in Utah did the Union Pacific and Central Pacific tracks join to complete the Transcontinental Railroad?

12. Question 11
What were variety shows with singing, dancing, and magic acts called?

13. Question 12
What was the first farmers organization? (Hint: National ______)

14. Question 13 “It is the duty of the public to know” -Ida Tarbell
________ let the public know about corrupt practices by writing newspaper and magazine articles.

15. Question 14
Complete the chart below.

16. Question 15
What was an immigrant’s greatest challenge?

17. Question 16
Why did homestreaders come to the Plains?

18. Question 17
Which metal set off a mining rush in 1859?

19. Question 18
What was the name of the first farmers organization?

20. Question 19
Who was the Apache leader who led raids against settlers and the army in Arizona?

21. Question 20
What was the purpose of the 19th amendment?

22. Question 21
What were towns called that shipped cattle to the market?

23. Question 22
What policy gave settlers 160 acres of free land that they had to live on for at least 5 years?

24. Question 23
Who was the Civil War veteran defeated by Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse?

25. Question 24
What made it possible for companies to produce goods faster? (Henry Ford came up with this concept).

26. Question 25
What term is used to describe most of the Plains Indians who traveled vast distances to follow the buffalo?

27. Question 26
What was the name given to the tract of land where the Native Americans were moved?

28. Question 27
What term refers to financial aide and land grants from the government that made railroad building possible?

29. Question 28
What railroad spanned from the Atlantic and Pacific coasts? (Hint: It transported you across the continent)

30. Question 29
What is gaining almost total control fo an industry called?

31. Question 30
What are 3 factors of production?

32. Question 31
Texas ranches that were not fenced in or divided into lots were called _____________.

33. Question 32
In 1890, in which Western state was the most farming done?

34. Question 33
Which parts of the bison used by Native Americans came exclusively from the head?

35. Question 34
It can be said that between 1850 and 1890 the Native American population _______________.

36. Question 35
What contributed to tensions between Americans and new immigrants?

37. Question 36
How did muckrakers let the public know about corrupt practices?

38. Question 37
The National Woman Suffrage Association, led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, focused on what rights for women?

39. Question 38
What shocked the nation and highlighted the deep racial divisions in American life?

40. Question 39
How many terms did Theodore Roosevelt serve as president?

41. Question 40
What is the term used to describe the unequal treatment of a person based in their race, religion, or ethnic background?

42. Question 41
Who invented the telephone?

43. Question 42
Who pioneered the assembly line?

44. Question 43
How did the assembly line revolutionize industries?

45. Question 44
Thomas Edison’s invention of the light bulb led to which of the following?

46. Question 45
Who developed hunderds of products form the peanut including plastics, synthetic rubber, shaving cream, and paper?

47. Question 46 The Homestead Strike Plant managers cut workers wages
Union strikes
Nonunion workers: armed guards hired
What event started the strike?

48. Question 47
Most Asian immigrants went through the processing center on ________.

49. Question 48
In which state was cattle ranching big business?