SS Unit 6 Review-Making a Difference in the Community

The following describes Clara Barton except:

• Nurse

• Founded the American Red Cross

• Helped soldiers in the battle field

• Vice President of the United States of America

Benajmin Franklin is known for the following except:

• Being a Founding Father

• Inventing bifocal glasses

• Starting the first fire department

• Being the first president of the United States of America

Cyrus McCormick helped his community by inventing the Reaper which helped farmers all over America.

• True

• False

Who is this and what is he best known for?

• Elon Musk and is known as the CEO of Tesla.

• Mark Zuckerberg and he is known as the Chief Executive Officer of Facebook.

• Steve Jobs and he is known for being the cofounder of the Apple computer.

• Bill Gates and he is best known as the cofounder of Microsoft.

How are the volunteers improving the community?

• By feeding the homeless.

• By building houses.

• By creating an area for children to exercise and play.

• By building new schools.

Helen Keller believed it was important to _____

• to keep white and black people segregated

• fight for equal rights for blind and deaf people

• to treat poor people badly

Ruby Bridges is best known for _____

• Helping to integrate schools with both black and white children

• Helping to maintain schools segregated

• Fighting in the Civil War

The following statements about Benjamin Banneker are true except ________

• He surveyed the land in Washington D.C.

• He was born a slave.

• He was born free.

• He was an inventor, mathematician and astronomer.

James Lovell is best known for _____

• Being the first person to land on the moon.

• Helping the Apollo 13 return safely to Earth after a critical failure.

• Working at NASA.

The Red Cross BEST helps the community by ______

• Collecting money from the community.

• Bringing volunteers together to help people after a natural disaster.

• They act like super heroes.

• They write letter to government leaders such as the president, governor and mayor.