5th grade S.S Milestone

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

Where did Lee and his confederate troops surrender?

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

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

Who was the commander of the Confederate army?

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

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

What did Hoover do about the Great Depression?

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

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

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

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

What did FDR do to help end the Depression?

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

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

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

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

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

NY Yankees baseball player, hit 60th homerun in 1927

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

The South's economy was based in ___.

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

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

Which of the following did not occur at Fort Sumter?

What helped employ young men to conserve natural resources?

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

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

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

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

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

Who was elected President after Hoover?

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

The Confederacy refers to 

Who was the commander of the Union army?

Began in Texas and extended to Kansas

Asian immigrants came to....

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

What is "Uncle Tom's Cabin"

The Union refers to 

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

What helped employ people to build public buildings and facilities?

Who was the General of the Confederate army?

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

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

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

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

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

European immigrants came to....

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

Which are events leading to the Great Depression?

The North's economy was based in ___.

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

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

Who was the President blamed for the Great Depression?

What was the system of mass production called?

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

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"?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Who worked with electricity (light bulb and phonograph)?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Big Band Leader in the Jazz age

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

Which is NOT true about the Spanish American War?

Who was president at the end of World War I?

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

Started in Mexico and went north to Oklahoma

Why was the Panama Canal built?

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

African American poet, during Harlem Renaissance

Which is true about John Brown's Raid?

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

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

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