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Grade 6 Modern Era
How did Peary travel to the North Pole?
  1. ski
  2. blimp
  3. dogsled
  4. icebreaker
Grade 6 Modern Era
In 1909, which American explorer claimed to be the first person to reach the North Pole?
  1. Robert Edwin Peary
  2. Ernest Shackleton
  3. Roald Amundsen
  4. Edmund Hillary
Grade 6 Modern Era
Which state was the first to pass a statewide workers' compensation bill?
  1. Idaho
  2. Alaska
  3. Wisconsin
  4. Pennsylvania
Grade 6 Modern Era
What is the fastest-growing ethnic group in the United States today?
  1. Europeans
  2. African Americans
  3. Asians
  4. Hispanics
Grade 6 Modern Era
President                      promised the American people a "return to normalcy."
  1. Susan B. Anthony
  2. Warren G. Harding
  3. Charles Lindbergh
  4. Franklin D. Roosevelt
Grade 6 Modern Era
Mark 3 things that are true about a Communist government.
  1. The government owns almost all of the land, businesses & industries.
  2. The government controls where the people live & work.
  3. The government chooses who people will marry.
  4. The government allows a lot of freedom in speech & religion.
  5. The government gives out goods according to need instead of how hard a person works.
Grade 6 Modern Era
"McCarthyism" refers to what?
  1. Anyone who followed the teachings & career of Joe McCarthy.
  2. Bounty hunters who worked to track down traitors.
  3. The time when many people were being falsely accused of Communist activity.
  4. Spies who lived in the Soviet Union and passed secrets to the United States.
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