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5th Grade Social Studies Review Unit 4 & 5 Turn of the Century
5th Grade Social Studies Review Unit 4 & 5 Turn of the Century
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This test is a review for 5th grade social studies WWI and Turn of the Century.
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1
He was a robber baron who controlled the oil industry.
Eugene Debs
Andrew Carneigie
Wilbur Wright
John Rockerfeller
2
Why was the Treaty of Versailles important?
It officially ended WWI
It ultimately caused WWII
All of the above
It severely punished Germany for WWI
3
Why did the US join WWI?
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor
Germany invaded Poland
Germany attacked a ship with American aboard
Archduke Ferdinand was assassinated
4
Why was the Transcontinental Railroad important?
It transported people to and from Mexico.
It allowed people to travel to Canada
It helped slaves escape to freedom.
It helped transport goods and people in the United States
5
What name is given for using images and videos to join a war?
persuasion
propaganda
proportions
pleading
6
Landowners allowing freed slaves to work for food and money was know as?
Scalawags
Freedman's Bureau
crop dusting
sharecropping
7
What was the name of the famous chief in charge of the Nez Pierce Nation.
Sitting Bull
Chief Joseph
Geronimo
Tecumseh
8
Who created a company selling oil?
Carnegie
Rockefeller
Ford
Winston
9
Henry Ford was famous for inventing which of the following?
The first affordable automobile
All of the above
The Model T
Assembly Lines
10
What city boomed at the turn of the century due to its steel industry?
New York
Washington D.C.
Pittsburg
Philidelphia
11
Which laws were created in the south, enforcing segregation?
Freedman's Bureau
John Brown Laws
Emancipation Proclamation
Jim Crow Laws
12
Where did the transcontinental Railroad meet in 1869?
St Louis, Missouri
Denver, Colorado
Promontory Point, Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah
13
General George Custer and 200 men died in this battle also known as Custer's Last Stand
Sand Creek Massacre
Battle of Antietam
Little Big Horn
Wounded Knee Massacre
14
Which baseball player held the home run record for many years?
Bo Jackson
Albert Pujols
Alex Rodriguez
Babe Ruth
15
What method of communication preceded the telephone and used a system of dots and dashes?
Modem
Telegraph
Pony Express
Telecommunication
16
Who invented a new system of sending messages via dots and dashes
Samuel Morse
Thomas Edison
Nicoli Tesla
Alexander Bell
17
What occurred in 1929, causing the Great Depression?
The Stock Market Crash
The Harlem Renaissance
The New Deal
The Dust Bowl
18
Why was the Homestead Act important?
Paid $100 and lived in Great Plains for 2 yrs=160 acres land
Paid $20 and lived in Great Plains for 5 yrs=120 acres land
Paid $10 and lived in Great Plains for 5 yrs=160 acres land
It gave former slaves the right to vote
19
Which Amendment gave women the right to vote?
19th
14th
15th
22nd
20
Who was known for impacting the way people communicated by inventing the telephone?
The Wright Brothers
George Washington Carver
Thomas Edison
Alexander Graham Bell
21
Which was not one of the major cattle trails?
Chisolm
Shawshank
Goodnight-Loving
Great Western
22
Which was the first president to get the U.S. involved in a foreign war?
George Bush
Howard Taft
Teddy Roosevelt
William McKinley
23
This is created when a company merges all competing companies into 1 area of business
Monopoly
Clue
Bessemer Process
Philanthropy
24
What was the name of the famous chief in charge of the Souix Nation.
Chief Joseph
Sitting Bull
Tecumseh
Geronimo
25
What was the Great Western Trail and the Chisholm Trail used for?
Moving cattle from Montana to Nebraska
Moving cattle from Texas to the Transcontinental Railroad
Moving cattle from Transcontinental Railroad to Chicago
Moving cattle from Texas to California
26
Who was
Langston Hughes?
A famous poet during the Harlem Renaissance
A jazz musician
A baseball player for the New York Yankees
A famous inventor
27
Cowboys of the Great Plains were often what nationality?
Russian
Canadian
Asian
African American
28
Where did the first successful airplane flight take place?
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Kitty Hawk, Georgia
Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
Atlanta, Georgia
29
What did the U.S. gain from the Spanish American War?
Texas and Arizona
Guam, Puerto Rico, Phillipines
Texas, New Mexico, Arizona
California, Nevada, New Mexico
30
Who were the leaders during the Battle of Little Bighorn?
Colonel Sanders and Haiwatha
General Grant and Jeronimo
General Lee and Chief Joseph
General Custer and Sitting Bull
31
Which country was NOT controlled by Spain?
Cuba
Philippine Islands
Jamaica
Guam
32
This was instrumental in building skyscrapers to help cities grow
The Bessemer Process
Asphalt
Tenements
Concrete
33
What were the names of the two major immigration stations in the United States?
Angel and Ellis
Ellis and Elson
New York and San Francisco
Angle and Ellis
34
How did Teddy Roosevelt improve transportation?
He completed the Panama Canal
He created the interstate system
He completed the Transcontinential Railroad
He completed the Suez Canal
35
Why would cowboys drive their cattle to Kansas?
Kansas had a railhead and they made money selling them West
Kansas had a railhead and they made money selling them East
People in Kansas bought lots of beef
Kansas had the largest meat factory in the U.S.
36
The Panama Canal separated which continents?
South America and Europe
North America and South America
Mexico and Brazil
North America and Europe
37
An organization of workers that protect workers rights is called
Union
Confederacy
Gang
Perish
38
What famous battle did the U.S. suffer a deadly defeat from the Sioux Indians ?
The Battle of Little Bighorn
The Spanish American War
The Alamo
The Civil War
39
Louis Armstrong was famous for what?
playing baseball
playing jazz music
building cars
writing poetry
40
Who was known for inventing the first successful airplane?
The Wrong Brothers
The Wright Brothers
George Washington Carver
Alexander Graham Bell
41
Theodore Roosevelt fought in which war?
WWII
WWI
Revolutionary War
Spanish American War
42
Which inventor was famous for working with peanuts?
George Washington Carver
Alexander Graham Bell
Wilbur Wright
Thomas Edison
43
Charles Lindbergh was famous for flying from which cities?
Atlanta to Los Angeles
New York to London
Paris to New York
New York to Paris
44
Legislation that intended to restrict immigration, particularly Chinese immigrants.
Labor Strikes
Chinese Exclusion Act
Gentlemen s agreement
Emancipation Proclamation
45
What was not one of the reasons for the end of big cattle drives?
Freezing Temperatures
Barbed Wire
Mad Cow Disease
More Railroads
46
Many freed slaves moved west and became cattle ranchers or ranch hands. They became known as...
African Cowboys
Vaqueros
Black Cowboys
Cow Pokes
47
Who was known for inventing electricity?
George Washington Carver
the Wright Brothers
Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas Edison
48
What is a monopoly?
Many people sharing a business
A company run by 2 people
A never ending game
A company owned by only 1 person
49
What was the
Lusitania?
The first plane to fly across the Atlantic Ocean
A ship holding US passengers that was attacked
The first battle of WWI
A ship that sunk after hitting an iceberg
50
The nickname for the period of history from 1885-1910 is what?
The Great Depression
The Guilded Age
The Silver Age
The Dark Age
