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Social Studies Review Game

Social Studies Review Game. Who was the president of the Confederacy?. Jefferson Davis. What battle, led by General Custer, ended with Native Americans killing all of the U.S. soldiers?. The Battle of the Little Big Horn. Who invented the telephone?. Alexander Graham Bell.

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Social Studies Review Game

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  1. Social Studies Review Game

  2. Who was the president of the Confederacy? Jefferson Davis

  3. What battle, led by General Custer, ended with Native Americans killing all of the U.S. soldiers? The Battle of the Little Big Horn

  4. Who invented the telephone? Alexander Graham Bell

  5. What was the purpose of the Treaty of Versailles? • To end the wars on the Great Plains with the Sioux and Apache tribes • To end World War II and set terms of surrender with Japan • To end the Spanish American war, leading the U.S. to acquire new lands • To end World War I and set harsh terms of surrender for Germany

  6. Who were the first to fly a motorized plane? The Wright Brothers

  7. Who led to a bus boycott by refusing to give up a seat to a white passenger? Rosa Parks

  8. What organization was set up after World War II between the U.S. and the non communist countries in Europe to try to prevent the spread of communism? • The U.N. (United Nations) • NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) • The Allies, or Allied Powers • The Freedman’s Bureau

  9. Who was the president when the Great Depression began AND who was elected because people felt hope that he could help end the Depression? Herbert Hoover, then Franklin Roosevelt

  10. What popular book, written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, was a story revolving around the evils of slavery? Uncle Tom’s Cabin

  11. Which of the following is a famous poet from the Harlem Renaissance? • Babe Ruth • Duke Ellington • Langston Hughes • Margaret Mitchell

  12. What term is used for the imprisonment of millions, particularly Jews, many of whom died, by Hitler and the Nazis in World War II? The Holocaust

  13. Who became the commander of the Union Troops in the Civil War? Ulysses S. Grant

  14. What was the importance of building the Panama Canal? • The canal provided water and hydroelectricity to rural areas • The canal provided an easier route between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans • The canal provided a path for submarines in World War I • The canal provided jobs of women in World War II as well as transportation to Canada.

  15. Who became a hero by being the first person to fly alone across the Atlantic Ocean? Charles Lindbergh

  16. What was the name of the African-American pilots who flew many successful missions in World War II? The Tuskegee Airmen

  17. What term did Winston Churchill coin to describe the separation between the communist and noncommunist countries in Europe? The Iron Curtain

  18. How did President George W. Bush respond to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001? • He met with Saddam Hussein • He had Osama bin Laden captured • He ordered an invasion of Afghanistan • He gave support to the government of Iraq.

  19. What general led the Confederate forces in the Civil War? Gen. Robert E. Lee

  20. Who is known for many inventions, including the light bulb, and for early developments with electricity? Thomas Edison

  21. What event is considered the starting point of the Great Depression? The Stock Market Crash of 1929

  22. Which of the following was NOT part of the Harlem Renaissance? • Margaret Mitchell • Duke Ellington • Langston Hughes • Louis Armstrong

  23. Who was the leader of Italy in World War II? Benito Mussolini

  24. What was the purpose of the 13th Amendment? The 13th amendment ended slavery

  25. What organization helped former slaves after the Civil War? The Freedmen’s Bureau

  26. What was the purpose of Jim Crow Laws? • To protect the rights of former slaves • To give women the right to vote • To set up a system of segregation for former slaves • To set up a system that gave all men the right to vote

  27. What site is considered the starting point of the Civil War? Fort Sumter

  28. Who was president during the Spanish American War? William McKinley

  29. Who was the leader of Great Britain in World War II? Winston Churchill

  30. Why did the U.S. enter World War I? • Germany attacked an American Naval Base in Hawaii • Germany declared war on the U.S. after an assassination • Germany sank the Lusitania and then three American ships • Germany sank a battleship off the coast of Cuba.

  31. Where did Gen. Lee surrender to Gen. Grant, ending the Civil War? Appomattox Court House

  32. Who successfully used assembly lines to mass produce automobiles at a lower price? Henry Ford

  33. Who was the African American athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics? Jesse Owens

  34. Which amendment gave all men, including African American men, the right to vote? • 14th • 15th • 16th • 19th

  35. What led to the United States entering World War II? The bombing of Pearl Harbor

  36. What nickname was given to women who worked in the factories producing war materials in WWII? Rosie the Riveter

  37. What senator led Anti Communist hearings in congress ? • Nikita Khrushchev • Robert Kennedy • Harry Truman • Joseph McCarthy

  38. What abolitionist set up a raid on Harper’s Ferry to try to provide guns for slaves to use to fight back? John Brown

  39. What did Franklin Roosevelt call his series of programs to get people back to work and end the Depression? The New Deal

  40. Which of the following is NOT true of immigrants to the United States? • Many immigrants came to the United States for jobs and a better life • Most immigrants settled in rural areas when they came to America • Most immigrants in the late 1800s came to America from Europe • Immigrants often settled near others from their same country or culture

  41. Who was the leader in the U.S. at the beginning of World War II and at the end of World War II? Franklin Roosevelt, then Harry Truman

  42. Who was the leader in the U.S. at the beginning of World War II and at the end of World War II? Franklin Roosevelt, then Harry Truman

  43. What was the purpose of cattle trails like the Chisholm Trail? • Settlers traveling west used the trails for their covered wagons • Ranchers used the trails to get cattle to railheads • Native Americans used the trails to follow buffalo • Cowboys used the trail to travel from job to job

  44. The 15th, 19th, 23rd, 24th , and 26th amendments all protect what? Voting Rights

  45. What union general led the Atlanta campaign and March to the Sea through Georgia? Gen. Sherman

  46. Who was the lawyer than won the case Brown vs. the Board of Education which ended segregation in schools? • Thurgood Marshall • Woodrow Wilson • Louis Armstrong • Martin Luther King, Jr.

  47. Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during World War II? Joseph Stalin

  48. What do V-E Day and V-J Day stand for? Victory in Europe Day and Victory in Japan Day

  49. What do the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps), WPA (Works Progress Administration) and the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) have in common? • They were all causes of the Great Depression • They were all New Deal programs • They were all programs to fight communism • They were all part of the Harlem Renaissance

  50. How did World War II end? Truman ordered atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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