Social Studies - 5th Grade Essential Facts

rented land from landowners and paid their rent with a portion of their crops

African American soldiers who fought in the Spanish-American War

came to an end bc of conflicts between ranchers and farmers and expanding railroad lines.

outlawed the manufacturing, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages

invented the telephone

Workers formed these organizations to fight for better wages and working conditions

variety of the American population

years of drought  turned more than 150,000 square miles of the Great Plains into this

created to help four million freed men, or former slaves, after the war

one of the first conservationists who worked to preserve the wilderness

United States entered WWI joining the Allied Powers after the Germans sank this ship

method of mass production that lowered the cost of automobiles

supposed to prevent future wars and was formed by President Wilson

After the Spanish American, US gained these territories:

Which of these define the Roaring 20's?

The railroad changed the ___ way of life by bringing settlers to their homelands.

Theodore Roosevelt organized a group of volunteer soldiers called:

Effects of the Great Drepression:

spark that started WWI

The 7th Calvary’s mission, led by ___, was to defeat the Lakota and force them on a new place.

The transcontinental railroad affected growth of the West bc it was more expensive to travel.

place the government decided to resettle Native Americans

a company that controls an entire industry

thousands of people went to California to search for gold during the ____

Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and Turkey made up this alliance

this abolished slavery

when workers refuse to work to try to force business owners to meet their demands

the dictator of Germany, and his political party, the Nazis, believed in fascism

signaled the beginning of the Great Depression in 1929

The transcontinental railroad affected growth of the West bc it increased trade east to west.

artistic movement that reflected African American life in the 1920s

Select the Allies:

New technologies in WWI included

Germany, Italy, and Japan became the 

In 1862, the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads began building a _____

condition of being out of work

Former slaves that were sharecroppers often _____.

Two artists associated with the Harlem Renaissance

____worked on the transcontinental railroad.

Suggested by FDR to help end the Great Depression

Prime Minister of Great Britain during WWII

a business owned by investors, and it sells shares of the company

razy Horse helped lead the Lakota to victory at the ________________

Caused the USA to join the Allies and enter the war

laws that denied African Americans certain rights such as owning land and taking certain jobs

laws designed to solve some social problems of the Progressive era

U.S. declared war against Spain and attacked the Philippines and in Cuba after this event

Using machines to do work

complete ban on the sale of alcohol

founded the country’s first settlement house

annexed in 1898  to the United States and it became the 50th state in 1958

began using the Bessemer process to make steel in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

purchased  from Russia in 1867  and became the 49th state in 1958

Elected president in 1932 and created programs to end the Great Depression

Sharecropping costs were often _____ than what they received

public forms of communication, such as the radio, that reach large audiences

Britain, France, Italy, Belgium, and Russia made up this alliance

the movement of millions of African Americans to the northern United States between 1915-1940's

n 1868, the Lakota leaders signed a treaty with the United States to live in the ___ forever.

economic system in which people are free to start their own business and own their own property

people who bought land under the Homestead Act

human-made waterway across the Isthmus of Panama that connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

run-down and unsafe buildings divided into apartments - usually housed immigrants

T. Roosevelts' Reform Acts were made to protect citizens but overlooked:Ch

Shares of a company

reformers who worked to stop unfair business practices and to improve the government 

developed a way to send telegraph messages using the Morse Code

Writers that helped focus the country’s attention on unfair business practices

business leader who started the Standard Oil Company, one of the largest monopolies in the US

Homesteaders had to work hard to make the thick soil suitable for planting were called

the rebuilding and healing of the country after the Civil War

Immigrants were examined in ____ in California before being allowed into the country.

this gave African Americans citizenship (All men created equal)

provided monthly payments to the elderly, disabled, and unemployed

unfair negative opinion about a group of people

Under which Reconstruction plan were states allowed to pass black codes?

Immigrants were examined in ____ in New York City before being allowed into the country.

form of government with no individual freedoms are denied and complete power to the government

War with Spain after the sinking of the USS Maine

program that set up work camps for more than 2 million young men between the ages of 18-25

WWII began when

unsafe and run-down sections of a city

a New Deal program designed to prevent another Depression by protecting banks

These were famous jazz composers of the 20's

Causes of the Great Depression were:

 Exodusters started new lives in communities on the Great Plains, such as ____

the dictator of Italy during WWII and also believed in fascism

African American pioneers who moved to the Great Plains

gave 160 acres of land on the Great Plains to any man who would pay & farm the land for 5 years

officially ended WWI and demanded that Germany pay heavy fines and not rebuild its army

made the first airplane flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina

a leader who gains complete control over a country’s government

___were often treated unfairly and were paid less than other workers.

Theodore Roosevelt  signed two reform acts:

hot, cramped, dangerous workshops

Most immigrants who came to the United States between 1880 and 1920 were from ___

the biggest victory Native Americans ever won against United States forces

offered food, clothing, and basic needs for poor people

time period of new inventions

he asked Congress to declare war for the US to become involved in WWI

invented the assembly line

guided huge herds of cattle north to new railroad line

Causes of World War I are:

this gave all male citizens, including African Americans, the right to vote

this ended Prohibition

led the Allied invasion of several of several hundred thousand troops in France on D-Day

Laws that enforced segregation in the South after Reconstruction

invented more than 1,000 inventions, including the light bulb,  and the electric power station

dictator of the Soviet Union during WWII