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5th Grade TN & US History End of the Year Test Part 1

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why did the South need to move toward industrialization after the Civil War?

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2.

Which words best describe yellow journalism reporting during the Spanish-American War?

a)

fair and balanced

b)

private and confidential

c)

positive and encouraging

d)

exaggerated and misleading

3.

The Homestead Act offered free land in which region of the country?

a)

Great Plains

b)

New England

c)

Pacific Northwest

d)

Atlantic Coastal Plains

4.

Match the important American inventor to his invention: Peanut Products

a)

George Washington Carver

b)

Alexander Graham Bell

c)

Thomas Edison

5.

What attracted European farmers to the United States?

a)

Crop prices were high in the U.S.

b)

They wanted to become sharecroppers

c)

There was a high demand for farm labor.

d)

There was lots of inexpensive land available.

6.

To successfully enter the United States, _______________ immigrants passed through Ellis Island and _______________ immigrants passed through Angel Island.

a)

African; Asian

b)

Asian; European

c)

European; Asian

d)

Spanish; Asian

7.

Match each Progressive Era struggle to its goal or achievement: Women suffered from inequality

a)

pass the 19th Amendment to give women the right to vote

b)

improve wages of workers so children did not have to work to help their family

c)

pass the 18th Amendment to benefit American society

8.

The sinking of the American passenger ship _______________ helped bring America into World War I.

a)

Titanic

b)

Queen Mary

c)

Bismarck

d)

RMS Lusitania

9.

The Treaty of _______________ in 1919 gave terms for ending World War I and was extremely tough on Germany.

a)

Ghent

b)

Versailles

c)

London

d)

Berlin

10.

Which major event launched the Great Depression in the United States?

a)

Stock Market Crash of 1929

b)

German invasion of Poland

c)

Spanish-American War

d)

Berlin Olympics

11.

What was the Harlem Renaissance?

a)

a club including several black communities in New York City and Chicago, IL

b)

a period of violence against African Americans in the South

c)

. a rebirth of African American art, literature, music, and culture

d)

a new type of music first played by African Americans in New Orleans, LA

12.

The New Deal created a variety of _______________ to help the American economy recover.

a)

elected offices

b)

private businesses

c)

international tariffs

d)

government-funded programs

13.

Identify leaders of the Axis nations during World War II. (Choose 3)

a)

Truman

b)

Hitler

c)

Mussolini

d)

Hirohito/Tojo

14.

Invasions by Germany of _______________ and by Japan of _______________ helped bring about World War II.

a)

England; Philippines

b)

Denmark; South Vietnam

c)

Italy; North Korea

d)

Poland; Manchuria

15.

How did the U.S. respond to the attack on Pearl Harbor?

a)

remained neutral

b)

ended the Lend-Lease Program

c)

removed its troops from the Pacific

d)

declared war on Japan and entered WWII

16.

The _______________ was the systematic murder of more than six million Jews and hundreds of thousands of other groups that the Nazi government deemed inferior groups of people.

a)

Destruction

b)

Extinction

c)

Holocaust

d)

Persecution

17.

The term used to describe the global war without shots being fired from the 1950s to the 1970s was

a)

Cold War

b)

Iron Curtain

c)

War on Terrorism

d)

Korean War

18.

The _______________ was an event in the early 1960s that people feared would bring global nuclear war.

a)

Berlin Airlift

b)

creation of the United Nations

c)

Cuban Missile Crisis

d)

March on Washington

19.

refused to give up her seat on a bus and helped inspire the Montgomery Bus Boycott

a)

Rosa Parks

b)

Martin Luther King Jr.

c)

Brown v. Board of Education

d)

Civil Rights Act

20.

outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, or gender

a)

19th Amendment

b)

Brown vs Board of Education

c)

Civil Rights Act

21.

Supreme Court case that outlawed segregation in schools and led to integration policies

a)

Civil Rights Act

b)

Brown vs Board of Education

c)

19th Amendment

22.

Determine which countries were considered an Allied Power or an Axis Power. Mark all Allied Powers.

a)

Soviet Union

b)

United States

c)

Great Britain

d)

France

e)

Germany

23.

Determine which countries were considered an Allied Power or an Axis Power. Mark all Axis Powers.

a)

United States

b)

Japan

c)

Germany

d)

Soviet Union

e)

Italy

24.

During World War II many everyday items were

a)

rationed

b)

distributed freely

25.

Rosie the Riveter represented women who __________ during World War II.

a)

went to war

b)

became nurses

c)

worked in factory jobs

d)

planted “victory gardens”