Fifth grade Social Studies Review THIS IS Jeopardy Fifth grade Social Studies Review Civil War-WWI
Jeopardy Recon- struction Linking East & West The Spanish American War Building a Better Nation WW I. Civil War 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 500
Uncle Tom’s Cabin was written by this person.
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe?
He tried to start a rebellion against slavery by attacking a US Army post at Harpers Ferry , Virginia. A 200
Who is John Brown? A 200
This is where the first shots were fired, starting the Civil War.
Were is Fort Sumter, South Carolina?
He was the president of the Union.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
Sherman’s March to the sea.
What is the Atlanta Campaign, or when Sherman marched from Atlanta to Savannah destroying all of the south’s resources? A 500
He supported the confederacy and assassinated President Lincoln on the evening of April 14, 1865. B 100
Who was John Wilkes Booth?
This practice took the place of slavery and left people in debt because they had to re-pay the landowners for using their land, tools, etc. B 200
What is sharecropping? B 200
These limited the rights of black people to vote, travel, and get certain jobs.
What are black codes? B 300
These laws made segregation legal and kept African Americans separate from other Americans in places like schools, hospitals & cemeteries. B 400
What are Jim Crow Laws? B 400
This president ended reconstruction and ordered government soldiers to leave the South. B 500
Who was Rutherford B. Hayes?
This linked the eastern United States to the Western United States and made it easier to travel and trade goods. C 100
What is the Transcontinental Railroad? C 100
The Chisholm Trail started here and ended in Kansas. C 200
Where is Texas? C 200
On May 10, 1869, the Union Pacific & the Central Pacific were joined on the Transcontinental Railroad at this place. C 300
Where is Promontory Point, Utah? C 300
DAILY DOUBLE DAILY DOUBLE Place A Wager C 400
In 1862, Congress passed this law that offered 160 acres of land to adults who were U.S. citizens or wanted to become U.S. citizens in exchange for a small amount of money and a promise to farm on the land for five years. C 400
What is the Homestead Act?
Demand was high and supply was low in the North and East for cattle
Why did cattle sell for a much higher price in the North and East than in Texas? C 500
When nations build empires by adding colonies.
What is imperialism D 100
News stories that are shocking but not always true and exaggerates news to attract readers.
What is Yellow journalism? D 200
In February 1898, this U. S. Navy ship exploded in Havana Harbor, Cuba In February 1898, this U.S. Navy ship exploded in Havana Harbor, Cuba. American newspapers blamed Spain and President McKinley asked Congress to declare war on Spain. D 300
What is the Maine? D 300
These were a group of volunteers whom Theodore Roosevelt organized to fight against Spain in Cuba.
Who are the Rough Riders?
In August 1898, Spain surrendered In August 1898, Spain surrendered. In the peace agreement, Spain gave these three territories to the United States. D 500
What are Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and Guam?
This is a narrow strip that links two larger pieces of land.
What is an isthmus? E 100
Pictured below, this famous isthmus that took nearly 10 years to complete, links the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. E 200
What is the Panama Canal?
These were poorly built apartments that ethnic groups were forced to live in after immigrating to America. E 300
What are tenements? E 300
These were the Immigration stations that immigrants had to pass through when coming to America.
What are Angel and Ellis Island?
These are two advantages Theodore Roosevelt believed the Panama Canal would give the United States.
What are time and money? E 500
This belief was leading European countries toward war This belief was leading European countries toward war. It is the belief that your country deserves more success than others. F 100
What is nationalism? F 100
It shocked and angered people when this British passenger ship with many Americans on board was sank by a German submarine. F 200
What is the Lusitania? F 200
This treaty ended the war and was used by the Allied leaders to punish Germany. In the treaty, Germany lost colonies, gave land to France, and paid money to the Allied countries. F 300
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
This was created as part of the Treaty of Versailles, so nations would try to solve their problems peacefully and members would promise to protect one another if war did start. F 400
What is the League of Nations?
WW I was the most destructive war at this time because of new technologies. These are two of the things that changed fighting. F 500
What are machine guns, grenades, submarines, the tank, poison gas, or airplanes that dropped bombs (If any two are named it counts as a correct response). F 500
The Final Jeopardy Category is: Please record your wager. Civil War Please record your wager. Click on screen to begin
Nearly half of the Confederate Soldiers were killed or wounded and this battle marked a turning point in the war because Lee’s weakened Army was forced to retreat. Click to start timer Click on screen to continue
What is the battle of Gettysburg? Click on screen to continue
Thank You for Playing Jeopardy! By Mrs. Wentzel