Fifth Grade Social Studies Review

Anarrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas

Who invented the steel plow in 1837?

Writersof exposes about corporate power and unsafe working conditions.

Thiswar ended in a stalemate and the peninsula remained divided

Why was the Battle of Britainsignificant?

Wheredid immigrants learn social skills such as sanitation?

Whobecame president after Lincoln was assassinated?

Whatdid the Supreme Court case of “Plessy v. Ferguson” say?

Germany,Austria, Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire

Toensure that the disabled and the elderly would have some income

Why were the bison herds killed byriflemen?

Whatwas the first thing that the NEW manifest destiny caused?

 African American writers, artists, and musicians celebrated Africancontributions to American

Whichamendment gave women the right to vote?

Whichgroup of people suffered more during Westward Expansion?

The organization created to protect against Soviet Union.

WhichUS Supreme Court case led to the practice of school segregation unconstitutional?

What was Lincoln’s goal for Reconstruction?

Therise of which two European dictators led to the United States involvement inWorld War II?

Howmany zones was Germany divided into after the war?

TheSoviet Union established a _______ government in East Germany.

Whofirst used the assembly line?

Secretcommunications codes developed during the war contributed to the development of

Whichpresident proposed the New Deal?

Wheredidthe Native Americans live after being forced to leave their homes?

What did the 14th Amendment do?

Term for freedmen working on land owned by whites in exchange for a share of crops?

Whichpresident proposed a civil rights bill to Congress and was later assassinated?

Whooffered Colombia money for the right to build a canal in the Isthmus of Panama?

The organization created to keep world peace

Name two out of the four rivers that thepioneers had to cross over during Westward Expansion.

Dictatorsin Germany, Italy, and Japan formed an alliance called the _______________.

Whatwere some reasons that immigrants were pushed to the United States?

Whostarted the aircraft industry with their experiments in manned flight?

Atype of journalism that presents little or no researched based news is calledwhat?

Whichreform program helped to restore an maintain confidence in the banking system

Whowas the man that the United States put on the moon?

WhenAmericans feared communism

Where did Jazz music originally come from?

Theconditions of the Midwest led other to migrate to __ where they soughtjobs.

What was the name of the school thattaught Native Americans to behave like white children?

What is an economy based on theproduction of manufactured goods called?

Whatwere the names of the towns that grew quickly to serve the needs of the miners?

Whatevent marked the end of the economic boom of the 1920s?

Who made the decision to drop the atomic bombs?

Whoinvented the telegraph?

Whenthe Soviet Union successfully launched an unmanned satelliteit started...

Whoinvented the telephone?

Whatwas the name of the policy the United States used during the Cold War?

Wherewas an ideal fueling stop on the way to the markets?

MartinLuther King, Rosa Parks, and Malcolm X

Which is a labor saving devices?

Aftersilver was discovered in the Black Hills, who was driven out of the land?

Wartimepropaganda presented how many sides of the issues?

Whobrought the Bessemer process to the United States?

Wheredid the United States drop two bombs, which led to the surrender of theJapanese?

Aperiod of severe dust storms and droughts that greatly damaged the agriculture of the US

Northernerswho moved to the Southand were accused of trying to make a profit off the South

Strategically take Japanese-held islands to move within range of thegas tank capacity of planes

Whatwas the 19th century theory of “survival of thefittest” called?

Anothername for shantytowns was _____.

Whatare two New Deal programs that are still in use today?

Whathelped lay the foundation for the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s?

Whichamendment outlawed the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages?

Whereis the Gateway to the West located in today’s world?

Whatthree goals did the New Deal focus on?

A terrorist group of whites who tried tokeep freedmen down by threats and violence

The organization that regulates oil prices

Wheredidthe Exodusters primarily settle?

Placed nationwide prohibition against the denial of the right to vote based on theliteracy test

What did the 15th Amendment do?

Namethe dictator that was opposed to Adolf Hitler.