6 th Grade Social Studies

6th Grade Social Studies 4th Quarter CRT Review Mobile County

Question 1 • Thurgood Marshall argued that segregated schools violated which amendment?

Question 2 • What term refers to a refusal to obey unjust laws? OBEY

Question 3 • Who said “Ask not what your country can do for you– ask what you can do for your country?”

Question 4 • Who was assassinated April 4, 1968?

Question 5 • What lawyer decided to challenge the idea of “separate but equal?” (Hint: He was a very GOOD lawyer)

Question 6 • What did the arrest of Rosa parks lead to?

Question 7 • Who was the leader of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference that emphasized non-violent protests? (HINT: We get a day off from school in his honor)

Question 8 • What did President Lyndon B. Johnson declare an unconditional war on?

Question 9 • What program helps pay for MEDIcal CARE for senior citizens?

Question 10 • Where was the first foreign crisis that President John F. Kennedy faced?

Question 11 • Who was the silent majority’s 1968 presidential candidate?

Question 12 • What did President Kennedy order in response to the missile buildup in Cuba?` ADE

Question 13 • Who was assassinated after winning the California primary? (Hint: His brother was a president that was also assassinated)

Question 14 • What stopped communication between East Berlin and West Berlin?

Question 15 • Who said “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind,” after he took the first human step on the moon? Strong

Question 16 • Who was the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court?

Question 17 • What was one of America’s Special Forces troops that fight guerrilla warfare anywhere around the world?

Question 18 • IRANian students held American hostages in which country?

Question 19 • Who was the first President to go behind the iron curtain when he visited Romania? (Hint: Romania starts with an “R” and so does his first name).

Question 20 • When Richard M. Nixon resigned, who followed as President?

Question 21 • What title did President Nixon say is his greatest honor?

Question 22 • President Carter turned over control of the PANAMA canal to which country?

Question 23 “The world could wait no longer. . . . While the world waited, Saddam Hussein met every overture of peace with open contempt. –President H.W. Bush • The United States and its allies launched the missile and bombing phase of the Persian Gulf War on January 16, 1991. What was the name for this attack phase, explained in the above passage?

Question 24 • What would be a good title for the chart below?

Question 25 • Protests in ___________, Alabama led to the Voting Rights Act.

Question 26 • The capture of ________ ended the Vietnam War.

Question 27 • What was the name of President Kennedy’s Social Program?

Question 28 • Who was the 1984 Vice Presidential candidate?

Question 29 • What term refers to a person who advocates or is active in promoting women’s (female’s) rights? Women RULE

Question 30 • What term refers to bringing the races together?

Question 31 • Complete the diagram below: Inflation Cell Phones Changes 1960- Present ? Light Bulb

Question 32 • What is the best title for the chart below?

Question 33 • Study the chart. How much did one gallon of unleaded (no lead) gas cost in 1975?

Question 34 • In what year was gasoline consumption at its highest? 1977 1978 1979 1980

Question 35 • Study the chart, where did almost half of Federal Income come from? Sources of Federal Income

Question 36 • Based on the information in the chart below, what percentage of the federal expenditure goes toward paying interest on public debt?

6 th Grade Social Studies