THIS IS Fifth grade Social Studies Review Civil War-WWI
Civil War Recon- struction Linking East & West The Spanish American War Building a Better Nation WW I
Uncle Tom’s Cabin was written by this person. A 100
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe? A 100
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. A 300
Were is Fort Sumter, South Carolina? A 300
He was the president of the Union. A 400
Who was Abraham Lincoln? A 400
Sherman’s March to the sea. A 500
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, B 100
Who was John Wilkes Booth? B 100
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. B 300
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? B 500
C 100 This linked the eastern United States to the Western United States and made it easier to travel and trade goods.
What is the Transcontinental Railroad ? C 100
The Chisholm Trail started here and ended in Kansas. C 200
Where is Texas? C 200
C 300 On May 10, 1869, the Union Pacific & the Central Pacific were joined on the Transcontinental Railroad at this place.
Where is Promontory Point, Utah? C 300
DAILY DOUBLE C 400 DAILY DOUBLE Place A Wager
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? C 400
C 500 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. D 100
What is imperialism D 100
News stories that are shocking but not always true and exaggerates news to attract readers. D 200
What is Yellow journalism? D 200
D 300 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.
What is the Maine? D 300
These were a group of volunteers whom Theodore Roosevelt organized to fight against Spain in Cuba. D 400
Who are the Rough Riders? D 400
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? D 500
This is a narrow strip that links two larger pieces of land. E 100
What is an isthmus? E 100
E 200 Pictured below, this famous isthmus that took nearly 10 years to complete, links the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
What is the Panama Canal? E 200
E 300 These were poorly built apartments that ethnic groups were forced to live in after immigrating to America.
What are tenements? E 300
E 400 These were the Immigration stations that immigrants had to pass through when coming to America.
E 400 What are Angel and Ellis Island?
E 500 These are two advantages Theodore Roosevelt believed the Panama Canal would give the United States.
What are time and money? E 500
F 100 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?
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
F 300 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? F 400
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).
The Final Jeopardy Category is: 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 on screen to continue Click to start timer
What is the battle of Gettysburg? Click on screen to continue
Thank You for Playing Jeopardy! By Mrs. Wentzel