5th grade S.S Milestone

Who invented the first motorized airplane (in Kitty Hawk, NC)?

The North's economy was based in ___.

Which of the following did not occur at Fort Sumter?

Who took a flight starting in NY and landing in Paris, France?

Bill Picket (Bull Dogger) and Nat Love worked where there was less discrimination...

Who was the commander of the Union army?

African American poet, during Harlem Renaissance

This location was a major battleground AND a federal cemetery where Lincoln gave a  speech.

Germans did sink British ships and this American luxury ocean liner. Threatened to sink others.

What is "Uncle Tom's Cabin"

What was the system of mass production called?

Who was the President of the Confederacy during the Civil War?

What helped to provide electrical power to the Tennessee Valley region and build dams?

First African American athlete to win four gold medals in one Olympics; track and field

What did FDR do to help end the Depression?

What created CCC, WPA, and TVA to generate jobs and build roads, dams, and plant trees?

Who took the first flight in a plane in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina?

Who was the General of the Confederate army?

Asian immigrants came to....

What was the organization that helped former slaves by providing food, supplies, & education?

What was the end result of the Battle of Little Big Horn?

What is pride in your country and believing your nation is better than all others?

Which are true of Sherman's March to the Sea?

Who was the author of "Gone with the Wind" and won a Pulitzer Prize, from Atlanta, GA?

Land owners paid workers with shares of land and equipment, but not money in ___.

Who was an inventor and worked in communication (telephone)?

Who led in the building of the Panama Canal on the isthmus between North and South America?

What is the belief that one country should stay out of the other's business?

Which is NOT true about the Spanish American War?

When cattle could sell for more money in the East, cattle were moved along trails 

What helped employ people to build public buildings and facilities?

Allowed cowboys to move cattle to railroads so they could make more money

Who was the President blamed for the Great Depression?

Which of the following is not true of events involving William McKinley?

Which fact is NOT true about Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel?

Which are/is true about the Battle of Little Big Horn? (can have more than one answer)

Prior to the Civil War, slavery was illegal in ....

Began in Texas and extended to Kansas

Big Band Leader in the Jazz age

Started in Mexico and went north to Oklahoma

Which battle was considered the bloodiest battle of the Civil War?

Farmers plowed land during drought, combined with wind, it created dust storms ruining crops

Who was the President of the US during the Civil War?

When people spent money they didn't have but promised to pay later, it was...

Famous jazz musician from New Orleans, trumpet player; African American

Who created the first automobile AND the system of mass production?

Which amendments were added to the Constitution after the Civil War?

The time period of money and entertainment; people made & spent money; went out to enjoy life.

What battle (in what year) was considered the turning point of the Union beginning to win?

Who was elected President after Hoover?

Why was the Panama Canal built?

Fast/loud music from W African spirituals, flapper dress, and dancing

NY Yankees baseball player, hit 60th homerun in 1927

The Union refers to 

Which are events leading to the Great Depression?

Laws created during Reconstruction, that kept blacks and whites separate in public were called

Who was the commander of the Confederate army?

What is the belief that using military force is a good way to solve problems?

Which is NOT an effect of the Civil War on both sides?

The 1930's brought about economic hardship that led to the downturn of the economy. 

Which of the following were reasons immigrants came to the US?

The South's economy was based in ___.

Which of the following is NOT a cause of the Civil War?

Which is true about John Brown's Raid?

Who fought in the Spanish American war and became president when McKinley was killed?

Took place in Harlem, NY; interest in art, poetry, and writing

The Confederacy refers to 

The belief that state's government should have more rights than the federal government is 

Where did Lee and his confederate troops surrender?

What battle (in what year) was the beginning of the Civil War?

Who was an innovator and scientist of agriculture and worked with peanuts?

The first person to fly across the Atlantic Ocean in his plane "The Spirit of St. Louis"?

Who worked with electricity (light bulb and phonograph)?

European immigrants came to....

What did Hoover do about the Great Depression?

These were created as a charity to feed the poor and homeless and give supplies

What helped employ young men to conserve natural resources?

Olympic athlete competed in Germany (under Hitler's rule)?

Who was president at the end of World War I?

What is the raid at Harper's Ferry, WV called?

What is attempting to gain control of smaller countries to make your own stronger & wealthier?

Ended the war, blamed Germany, and set up the League of Nations (NATO)

Land owners kept a part of crops and money while the worker kept the rest in...

The series of battles fought in the south that led toward Atlanta...