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5th Grade Social Studies Key Events
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A #socialstudies #review of #5thgrade #events from #westwardexpansion to the #modernera.
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This law guaranteed women equal rights in education.
Title LI
Title IX
Title III
Title MC
2
What did the 19th Amendment guarantee women?
The right to get a college degree
The right to drive
The right to suffrage
The right to own land
3
Chief Sitting Bull was killed at this battle between the government and the Sioux.
Rogue River
Pea Ridge
Snake River
Wounded Knee
4
This landmark Supreme Court case stated "separate but equal" was legal.
Roe v. Wade
Dred Scott v. Sanford
Brown v. Board of Education
Plessy v. Ferguson
5
Boomtowns sprang up where gold was found. When the gold was gone, they turned into...
Ghost towns
Vampire towns
Unicorn towns
Zombie towns
6
The Selma March, led by MLK, Jr., was attacked by the police. What were they marching for?
Desegregation of restaurants
Equality in education
Voting rights
Equal pay for women
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This was the name for the time of high birth rates from 1946-1964.
Harlem Renaissance
Space Age
Baby boom
Guilded Age
8
Which of these was NOT a cause for World War I?
System of alliances
Sinking of the Lusitania
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
9
This event led by Hitler led to the death of over 10 million Jews and other people.
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Holocaust
Manhattan Project
Battle of Midway
10
During the era of Prohibition, what was banned?
The buying, selling, and making of alcohol
The buying, selling, and making of cars
The buying, selling, and making of candy
The buying, selling, and making of shoes
11
JFK helped resolve this event with the Soviet Union, ending 13 days of tension.
Vietnam War
Cuban Missile Crisis
Berlin Wall
Bay of Pigs Invasion
12
October 24, 1929: The stock market crashes, leading to the Great Depression.
Black Thursday
Blue Tuesday
Red Wednesday
Orange Friday
13
This act directly violated the Treaty of Versailles and led to World War II.
Hitler published Mein Kamph
Hitler marries Eva Braun
Hitler becomes leader of Germany
Hitler invades Poland
14
All of these are examples of peaceful civil rights protests EXCEPT...
Freedom Rides
Bus boycotts
Self-defense
Sit-ins
15
This top secret program headed by Albert Einstein helped create the atomic bomb.
Harlem Project
Bronx Project
Brooklyn Project
Manhattan Project
16
This wildly unpopular amendment was passed in 1919, ushering in the Prohibition era.
18th
20th
21st
17th
17
Fought between 1964-1973, this war never reached its goal to stop the spread of Communism.
World War II
Vietnam War
Korean War
Spanish-American War
18
The Harlem Renaissance celebrated what?
Building of the Statue of Liberty
African American culture
War ending in Europe
Asian culture
19
The opening of this passage between the Atlantic and the Pacific increased global trade.
Panama Canal
Erie Canal
Manchester Canal
Suez Canal
20
The Johnson-Reed Act put limits on what?
Immigration
Schools
Inventions
Monopolies
21
This time of severe drought in the Midwest added to the problems of the Depression.
Snow Bowl
Flower Bowl
Dust Bowl
Sugar Bowl
22
During the Industrial Revolution, these two things were booming.
Technology and inventions
Railroads and air travel
Unemployment and sickness
Mobsters and crime
23
This battle was fought over mining rights in the Lakota owned Black Hills.
Battle of Horseshoe Bend
Battle of Little Bighorn
Battle of Sand Creek
Battle of Gettysburg
24
June 6, 1944: Allied forces storm the beaches of Normandy and turn the tide of the war.
D-Day
V-J Day
V-E Day
K-Day
25
During westward expansion, there were clashes between what two groups of people?
Settlers and Native Americans
Railroad workers and manufacturers
Slaves and freedmen
Miners and post office workers
26
Which of these would NOT have taken place during the Great Depression?
High unemployment rates
Factories struggled
Rise in consumerism
Banks closed
27
At this event, FDR, Stalin, and Churchill divided Germany and Berlin into four zones.
Tet Offensive
Yalta Conference
Casablanca Conference
Nuremberg Trials
28
FDR created these to hold Japanese-Americans after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
Internment camps
Hotels
Slums
Apartment complexes
29
President Nixon covered up this event, which led to his resignation and disgrace.
September 11 attacks
Cuban Missile Crisis
Iranian hostage crisis
Watergate Scandal
30
This amendment extended citizenship of the United States to all except Native Americans.
18th
14th
4th
10th
31
May 8, 1945: Germany surrenders, ending the war in Europe.
V-W Day
V-E Day
V-P Day
V-J Day
32
This event killed over 2000 Americans and brought the United States into World War II.
Sinking of the USS Maine
The Great Depression
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Building of the Berlin Wall
33
This was the nickname for the Industrial Revolution because America was prospering so much.
Age of Enlightenment
The Jazz Age
The Gilded Age
Harlem Renaissance
34
This landmark Supreme Court case declared that segregation in public schools was now illegal.
Brown v. Board of Education
Plessy v. Ferguson
Marbury v. Madison
Miranda v. Arizona
35
The Treaty of Paris ended the Spanish-American War and gave the U.S. which three territories?
Galapagos, Easter Island, Chile
The Phillippines, Guam, Puerto Rico
Portugal, Spain, France
Aruba, Jamaica, Mexico
36
The country worked to rebuild and reunite during this period of time after the Civil War.
Great Depression
Westward Expansion
Reconstruction
Jazz Age
37
When this happened near Cuba, killing 266 Americans, the U.S. declared war on Spain.
Pearl Harbor
USS Maine sank due to two explosions
Bombing of Hiroshima
Zimmerman telegram
38
The bombing of these two cities finally forced the Japanese to surrender.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Tokyo and Kyoto
Yokohama and Sapporo
Nara and Hakodate
39
This amendment abolished slavery in the United States.
19th
1st
25th
13th
40
This separated the two sides of a city for several decades, and was finally torn down in 1989.
Suez Canal
Berlin Wall
Panama Canal
Great Wall of China
41
Which of these is NOT true of the Korean War?
Country divided at 38th Parallel
President of the US runs the country now
Demilitarized zone created
Ended in a stalemate
42
August 14, 1945: Japan surrenders, ending the war in the Pacific.
V-E Day
V-G Day
V-L Day
V-J Day
43
The era in history when people were afraid of Communists taking over was known as...
The Red Scare
The Blue Period
The Black Decade
The Yellow Fever
44
These laws made segregation legal in the South.
Homestead Act
Sherman Antitrust Act
Jim Crow laws
Enforcement Acts
45
What act did Abraham Lincoln sign to allow people 21 and older to claim 160 acres?
Medical Leave Act
Homestead Act
Enforcement Act
Civil Rights Act
46
This amendment guaranteed all male citizens the right to vote no matter what color their skin.
21st
5th
19th
15th
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The U.S. and the Soviet Union were in a race trying to get new technology into ______ first.
Canada
Space
The Pacific Ocean
The Sahara Desert
