Social Studies - 5th Grade Essential Facts

this gave African Americans citizenship (All men created equal)

signaled the beginning of the Great Depression in 1929

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

condition of being out of work

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

unfair negative opinion about a group of people

These were famous jazz composers of the 20's

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

artistic movement that reflected African American life in the 1920s

After the Spanish American, US gained these territories:

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

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

the rebuilding and healing of the country after the Civil War

developed a way to send telegraph messages using the Morse Code

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

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

the biggest victory Native Americans ever won against United States forces

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

African American pioneers who moved to the Great Plains

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

one of the first conservationists who worked to preserve the wilderness

founded the country’s first settlement house

invented the assembly line

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

Sharecropping costs were often _____ than what they received

Causes of the Great Depression were:

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

War with Spain after the sinking of the USS Maine

variety of the American population

made the first airplane flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina

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

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

Germany, Italy, and Japan became the 

provided monthly payments to the elderly, disabled, and unemployed

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

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

time period of new inventions

method of mass production that lowered the cost of automobiles

____worked on the transcontinental railroad.

this ended Prohibition

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

hot, cramped, dangerous workshops

Laws that enforced segregation in the South after Reconstruction

place the government decided to resettle Native Americans

guided huge herds of cattle north to new railroad line

New technologies in WWI included

Shares of a company

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Select the Allies:

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

African American soldiers who fought in the Spanish-American War

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

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

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

Suggested by FDR to help end the Great Depression

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

a company that controls an entire industry

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

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

this abolished slavery

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

Using machines to do work

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

unsafe and run-down sections of a city

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

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

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

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

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

invented the telephone

Prime Minister of Great Britain during WWII

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

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

Causes of World War I are:

razy Horse helped lead the Lakota to victory at the ________________

complete ban on the sale of alcohol

outlawed the manufacturing, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages

spark that started WWI

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

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

the dictator of Italy during WWII and also believed in fascism

laws designed to solve some social problems of the Progressive era

dictator of the Soviet Union during WWII

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

Effects of the Great Drepression:

people who bought land under the Homestead Act

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

offered food, clothing, and basic needs for poor people

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

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

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

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

Theodore Roosevelt organized a group of volunteer soldiers called:

Two artists associated with the Harlem Renaissance

WWII began when

Caused the USA to join the Allies and enter the war

Theodore Roosevelt  signed two reform acts:

supposed to prevent future wars and was formed by President Wilson

Which of these define the Roaring 20's?

Former slaves that were sharecroppers often _____.