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Final Exam
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History
6th Grade
05/09/2013

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leader of Germany during WWII, also leader of Nazi regime
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Adolf Hitler
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n opera singer who was greatly admired during her time
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Marian Anderson
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female black educator, Special Advisor on Minority Affairs to Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Mary Mcloed Bethune
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Communist who came up with the idea of perestroika
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Gorbechev
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Virginian military leader who gained much of his experience during the French and Indian War
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George Washington
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founder of Tuskegee Institute
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Booker T. Washington
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president during WWI
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Woodrow Wilson
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the indians who ate with the Pilgrims at the first thanksgiving dinner
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Wampanoag
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first woman justice appointed to the Supreme Court
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Sandra Day O' Conner
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appointed the first woman justice to the Supreme Court
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Ronald Reagan
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founder of the American Red Cross
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Clara Barton
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said "Give me liberty, or give me death"
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Patrick Henry
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said "I only regret that I have one life to lose for my country"
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Nathan Hale
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1st President to resign from office
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Richard Nixon
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Facist leader of Italy
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Benito Mussolini
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found over 285 uses for the peanut
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George Washington Carver
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invented the mechanical reaper
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Cyrus McKormick
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invented the first liquid fueled rocket
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Robert Goddard
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president during the cuban missile crisis
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John F. Kennedy
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Islamic terrorist group respinsible for attacks on September 11, 2001
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Al Qaeda
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the "George Washington of South America"
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Simon Bolivar
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led the expedition that discovered the North Pole
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Robbert Peary
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Communist leader of Russia during WWII
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Joseph Stalin
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most famous evangelist in America during the 19th Century
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Dwight L. Moody
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president who led allied powers during WWII
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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helped bring a peace treaty between Egypt and Isreal
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Jimmy Carter
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the first permanent settlement in the New Word
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Jamestown
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major mountain range in South America
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Andes
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one of the driest regions of the earth
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Atacama Desert
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largest canyon in the US
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Grand Canyon
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the capitol of the US
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Washington D.C.
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capitol of Canada
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Ottawa
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Battle of Gettysburg, Battle of Viks burg, Sherman's march to sea, and Appamatox Courthouse
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Civil War
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the first use of atomic bombs, bombing of Pealr Harbor, Hirposhima, Nagasaki, VE day
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WWII
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Teddy Roosevelt, Rough Riders, Saun Jaun Hill, "Remember the Maine"
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Spanish American
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Central powers, allied powers, Woodrow Wilson, u-boats, Zimmerman note, November 11, 1918
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WWI
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the prarieis a palin or hilly region within the temperate zone that is covered by tall________?
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grasses
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the legislation that gives people voting, housing and job rights for ethinic minorities is _____________?
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1964 Civil Rights Act
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___________ is a millitary assault that was directed at Iraq
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Opperation Desert Storm
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