1. Fifth grade Social Studies Review
THIS IS
Jeopardy
Fifth grade Social Studies Review
Civil War-WWI

2. Jeopardy
Recon-
struction
Linking East & West
The Spanish American War
Building a Better Nation
WW I.
Civil War
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3. Uncle Tom’s Cabin was written by this person.

4. Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe?

5. He tried to start a rebellion against slavery by attacking
a US Army post at Harpers
Ferry , Virginia.
A 200

6. Who is John Brown?
A 200

7. This is where the first shots were fired, starting the Civil War.

8. Were is Fort Sumter, South Carolina?

9. He was the president of the Union.

10. Who was Abraham Lincoln?

11. Sherman’s March to the sea.

12. What is the Atlanta Campaign, or when Sherman marched from Atlanta to Savannah destroying all of the south’s resources?
A 500

13. He supported the confederacy and assassinated President
Lincoln on the evening of
April 14, 1865.
B 100

14. Who was John Wilkes Booth?

15. 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

16. What is sharecropping?
B 200

17. These limited the rights of black people to vote, travel, and get certain jobs.

18. What are black codes?
B 300

19. These laws made segregation legal and kept African Americans separate from other Americans in places like schools, hospitals & cemeteries.
B 400

20. What are Jim Crow Laws?
B 400

21. This president ended reconstruction and ordered government soldiers to leave the South.
B 500

22. Who was Rutherford B. Hayes?

23. This linked the eastern United States to the Western United States and made it easier to travel and trade goods.
C 100

24. What is the Transcontinental
Railroad?
C 100

25. The Chisholm Trail started here
and ended in Kansas.
C 200

26. Where is Texas?
C 200

27. On May 10, 1869, the Union Pacific & the Central Pacific were joined on the Transcontinental Railroad at this place.
C 300

28. Where is Promontory Point, Utah?
C 300

29. DAILY DOUBLE
DAILY DOUBLE
Place A Wager
C 400

30. 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

31. What is the Homestead Act?

32. Demand was high and supply was low in the North and East for cattle

33. Why did cattle sell for a much higher price in the North and
East than in Texas?
C 500

34. When nations build empires by adding colonies.

35. What is imperialism
D 100

36. News stories that are shocking but not always true and exaggerates news to attract readers.

37. What is Yellow journalism?
D 200

38. 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

39. What is the Maine?
D 300

40. These were a group of volunteers whom Theodore Roosevelt organized to fight against Spain in Cuba.

41. Who are the Rough Riders?

42. 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

43. What are Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and Guam?

44. This is a narrow strip that links two larger pieces of land.

45. What is an isthmus?
E 100

46. Pictured below, this famous isthmus that took nearly 10 years to complete, links the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
E 200

47. What is the Panama Canal?

48. These were poorly built apartments that ethnic groups were forced to live in after immigrating to America.
E 300

49. What are tenements?
E 300

50. These were the Immigration stations that immigrants had to pass through when coming to America.

51. What are Angel and Ellis Island?

52. These are two advantages Theodore Roosevelt believed the Panama Canal would give the United States.

53. What are time and money?
E 500

54. 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

55. What is nationalism?
F 100

56. It shocked and angered people when this British passenger ship with many Americans on board was sank by a German submarine.
F 200

57. What is the Lusitania?
F 200

58. 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

59. What is the Treaty of Versailles?

60. 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

61. What is the League of Nations?

62. 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

63. 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

64. The Final Jeopardy Category is: Please record your wager.
Civil War
Please record your wager.
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65. 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.
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66. What is the battle of Gettysburg?
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67. Thank You for Playing Jeopardy!
By Mrs. Wentzel