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Grade 6 The Frontier
What was the leading cause of death for travelers along the Oregon Trail?
  1. attacks
  2. disease
  3. drowning
  4. freezing
Grade 6 Colonial Period
Which leader of Jamestown from 1608 to 1609 created a forced-work program to ensure the survival of the colony?
  1. Christopher Newport
  2. Walter Raleigh
  3. John Smith
  4. King Philip
Grade 6 The Frontier
What was the most common type of wagon on the Oregon Trail?
  1. stagecoaches
  2. conastogas
  3. covered wagons
  4. wains
Grade 6 Colonial Period
The Intolerable Acts were a direct response to what event?
  1. Boston Massacre
  2. Boston Tea Party
  3. Seven Years' War
  4. Battles of Lexington and Concord
Grade 6 Colonial Period
What group helped the Pilgrims survive at Plymouth Colony?
  1. the Norse
  2. the Dutch
  3. the Ojibwe
  4. the Wampanoag
Grade 6 Civil Rights
In what city and state did the arrest of Rosa Parks take place?
  1. Montgomery, Alabama
  2. Birmingham, Alabama
  3. Selma, Alabama
  4. Atlanta, Georgia
Grade 6 Colonial Period
In which modern-day state was Jamestown located?
  1. Massachusetts
  2. New York
  3. Virginia
  4. Florida
Grade 6 Civil War
A person who works to bring an end to slavery is called a(n)                .
  1. abolitionist
  2. prohibitionist
  3. carpetbagger
  4. freedom rider
Grade 6 Civil War
What was the name of the series of safe houses abolitionists used to give shelter to slaves escaping to the North?
  1. Temperance Movement
  2. Underground Railroad
  3. Society of Friends
  4. North Star
Grade 6 The Frontier
Where did the Oregon Trail begin?
  1. Fort Worth, Texas
  2. Little Rock, Arkansas
  3. Independence, Missouri
  4. Wichita, Kansas
Grade 6 Colonial Period
What was the first permanent English settlement in America?
  1. Williamsburg
  2. Jamestown
  3. St. Augustine
  4. Roanoke
Grade 6 American Revolution
What was the motto of the Sons of Liberty?
  1. Join or die
  2. Don't tread on me
  3. Give me liberty or give me death
  4. No taxation without representation
Grade 6 World War I
Who was the U.S president during World War 1?
  1. Woodrow Wilson
  2. William Howard Taft
  3. Teddy Roosevelt
  4. Calvin Coolidge
Grade 6 American Revolution
The First Continental Congress was convened in 1774 in response to                     .
  1. the Tea Act
  2. the Stamp Act
  3. the Intolerable Acts
  4. the Townshend Act
Grade 6 Pre-Colonial Period
The first people in the Americas arrived around how many years ago?
  1. 40,000
  2. 18,000
  3. 10,000
  4. 3,000
Grade 6 Reconstruction
Memorial Day in the South was first celebrated in what year?
  1. 1866
  2. 1872
  3. 1880
  4. 1893
Grade 6 American Revolution
Along with Ethan Allen, Benedict Arnold led the forces that captured which fort?
  1. Meigs
  2. Detroit
  3. Yorktown
  4. Ticonderoga
Grade 6 Civil War
Why were some abolitionists unhappy with the Emancipation Proclamation?
  1. It did not apply to the entire country.
  2. They felt Lincoln had issued it too soon.
  3. They wanted the South to be punished for starting the war.
  4. It freed too many slaves too quickly.
Grade 6 American Revolution
What did the Sons of Liberty do with the tea during the Boston Tea Party?
  1. Stole it
  2. Drank it
  3. Dumped it in Boston Harbor
  4. Burned the ships that carried it
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