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4th 9 Weeks Review - 5th Grade

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

the U.S. president that received much of the blame for Great Depression

a)

Herbert Hoover

b)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

c)

Winston Churchill

d)

Dwight Eisenhower

2.

The U.S. president that is widely credited with pulling the U.S. out of the Great Depression. He is also the only president in U.S. History to serve 3 terms.

a)

Herbert Hoover

b)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

c)

Joseph Goebbels

d)

Benita Mussolini

3.

The dictator that became chancellor of Germany in 1933 and ruled Germany during WWII, and is responsible for the Holocaust

a)

Benito Mussolini

b)

Adolf Hitler

c)

Joseph Goebells

4.

The Nazi minister for public enlightenment and propaganda

a)

Emperor Hirohito

b)

Winston Churchill

c)

Benito Mussolini

d)

Joseph Goebbels

5.

a worldwide economic downturn that began in 1929 after the stock market crashed and lasted until about 1939. People couldn’t find work, were homeless, and starved.

a)

The New Deal

b)

The Dust Bowl

c)

The Great Depression

d)

Fireside Chats

6.

an area in the Midwest that suffered from drought during the 1930s and the Great Depression. The soil became so dry that it turned into desert land.

a)

The Dust Spoon

b)

The Dust Bowl

c)

The Dust Plate

d)

The Dust Fork

7.

the name given to Roosevelt's radio broadcasts where he spoke plainly to the American people about his plans for the country

a)

Fireside Chats

b)

The Dust Bowl

c)

Kristallnacht

d)

The New Deal

8.

President Roosevelt’s series of relief, reform, and recovery programs, public work projects, financial reforms, and regulations enacted between 1933 and 1936

a)

The Dust Bowl

b)

The New Deal

c)

Fireside Chats

d)

Kristallnacht

9.

Nazis in Germany torched synagogues, vandalized Jewish homes, schools and businesses. 100 Jews were killed that night, and 30,000 Jewish men were arrested and sent to Nazi concentration camps

a)

Kristallnacht

b)

propaganda

c)

Nuremberg Laws

d)

Holocaust

10.

one of the most important tools the Nazis used to shape the beliefs and attitudes of the German public

a)

Holocaust

b)

Gestapo

c)

propaganda

d)

Kristallnacht

11.

the official secret police of Nazi Germany and German-occupied Europe

a)

Gestapo

b)

Holocaust

c)

propaganda

d)

Nuremberg Laws

12.

Hitler’s systematic murder of about 6 million European Jews from 1938 to 1945

a)

The Great Depression

b)

The Dust Bowl

c)

The New Deal

d)

The Holocaust

13.

The time period AFTER WW1 from 1920 to 1929 when people just wanted to have FUN

a)

The Roaring 20s

b)

The Fantastic 50s

c)

The Awesome 80s

d)

The Fabulous 40s

14.

Poor farmers who moved from the Dust Bowl to California looking for jobs

a)

Sooners

b)

Forty-niners

c)

Okies

d)

Hoovervilles

15.

shantytowns where homeless people lived during the Great Depression

a)

The Dust Bowl

b)

Black Blizzards

c)

The Roaring 20s

d)

Hoovervilles

16.

Giant dust storms that swept across the Great Plains during the Great Depression

a)

black blizzards

b)

dirty hurricanes

c)

terrible tornadoes

d)

messy mountains

17.

German laws that stripped Jews of their citizenship and decreed only Aryans could be full German citizens. They also made it illegal for Aryans and Jews to marry.

a)

Nuremberg Laws

b)

Axis Powers

c)

Allied Powers

d)

hoboes

18.

Prime Minister of Great Britain during most of World War II

a)

Dwight Eisenhower

b)

Winston Churchill

c)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

d)

Herbert Hoover

19.

the alliance of Germany, Italy, and Japan during WWII

a)

Axis Powers

b)

Allied Powers

20.

People that illegally rode trains without paying in search of work

a)

locomotive looters

b)

train thieves

c)

hoboes

d)

railway robbers

21.

the alliance of the United States, Great Britain, France, the Soviet Union, and China during WWII

a)

Allied Forces

b)

Axis Forces

22.

led the US Army in Europe during WWII. He planned and led the D-Day Invasion of the Normandy

a)

Dwight Eisenhower

b)

Joseph Goebbels

c)

Adolf Hitler

d)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

23.

Japanese airplanes made a surprise attack on the US Navy; They destroyed many ships and killed many soldiers. It was this attack that forced the U.S. to enter World War II.

a)

Pearl Harbor

b)

D-Day: The Invasion of Normandy

c)

The Holocaust

d)

Kristallnacht

24.

a 1944 turning point battle in WWII; the Allies attacked & gained a victory over the Germans on the coast of Normandy, France

a)

Pearl Harbor

b)

D-Day: The Invasion of Normandy

c)

The Holocaust

d)

Black Tuesday

25.

What responsible farming technique should farmers use to prevent the overuse of land and depletion of nutrients in the soil?

a)

crop rotation

b)

only planting one type of crop

c)

linear farming

26.

What decade did the Dust Bowl occur in?

a)

1920s

b)

1930s

c)

1940s

d)

1950s

27.

What was the nickname given to Roosevelt’s New Deal programs that were known by their initials?

a)

Alphabet Soup

b)

Roosevelt Rules

c)

Stock Soup

d)

Progress Programs

28.

One of Roosevelt's New Deal programs that we still have today, it established a system of old-age benefits for workers, benefits for victims of industrial accidents, unemployment insurance, etc.

a)

WPA - Works Progress Administration

b)

CCC - Civilian Conservation Corps

c)

SSA - Social Security Act

d)

TVA - Tennessee Valley Authority

29.

What event led the U.S. to enter WWI fighting with Allied Forces?

a)

Sinking of the Lusitania

b)

Sinking of the Titanic

c)

Germany's Invasion of Poland

d)

Japan's bombing of Pearl Harbor

30.

What event caused WWII to start?

a)

Sinking of the Lusitania

b)

Sinking of the Titanic

c)

Germany's Invasion of Poland

d)

Japan's bombing of Pearl Harbor

31.

What event marked the beginning of the Great Depression?

a)

Sinking of the Lusitania

b)

The Stock Market Crash of 1929

c)

Sinking of the Titanic

32.

What is the capitol of California?

a)

New York City

b)

Sacramento

c)

Austin

d)

Los Angeles

33.

What is the capitol of Texas?

a)

Austin

b)

New York City

c)

Sacramento

d)

Denver

34.

Which list of 3 shows examples of civil disobedience (non-violent protests)?

a)

murder, boycotts,& speeches

b)

strikes, kidnappings, & marches

c)

petitions, burning buildings, & boycotts

d)

marches, strikes, & boycotts

35.

Who was the 1st African American president?

a)

Donald Trump

b)

Hillary Clinton

c)

Barack Obama

d)

George W. Bush

36.

What 3 countries make up the axis powers?

a)

Spain, Italy, & France

b)

France, United States, & Great Britain

c)

Italy, Germany, & Japan

d)

Germany, Russia, and Japan

37.

Which list of countries are all part of the Allied Powers?

a)

United States, Great Britain, France, & Russia

b)

Germany, Italy, Japan

c)

Spain, Italy,& France

d)

Mexico, United States, & Spain

38.

Kristallnacht was the - ?

a)

turning point of the Holocaust - things went from discrimination to violence

b)

end of the Holocaust - Jews were freed from concentration camps

c)

beginning of the Holocaust when Jewish people were first discriminated against

39.

In the 1900s most European immigrants to the U.S. - ?

a)

settled on cattle ranches

b)

lived in crowded cities

c)

owned their own business and were rich

d)

attended prestigious boarding schools where they learned English

40.

Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution gave women the right to the in 1920?

a)

15th

b)

18th

c)

19th

d)

1st

41.

the only amendment to be repealed from the U.S. Constitution. This unpopular amendment banned the sale and drinking of alcohol in 1919

a)

2nd

b)

3rd

c)

8th

d)

18th

42.

Rosa Parks fought for - ?

a)

VOTING RIGHTS - for Africans Americans

b)

CIVIL RIGHTS - for African Americans

c)

HEALTH CARE - for African Americans

43.

Soup kitchens & Bread lines like the one pictured above were there to help poor starving people during the - ?

a)

Great Depression

b)

Holocaust

c)

Roaring 20s

44.

What country bombed the U.S. Naval base Pearl Harbor during WWII?

a)

Germany

b)

Italy

c)

Japan

45.

The Dust Bowl was primarily located in which area?

a)

The Rocky Mountains

b)

The Great Plains

c)

The Northeast

d)

The Southwest