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Fifth Grade

Fifth Grade. Social Studies Week Two. Using the map above, what mountain range must the pioneers cross when on the Oregon Trail?. The Rocky Mountains. What city was known as the “Gateway to the West” because it was where pioneers came to form wagon trains and leave on their trip west?.

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Fifth Grade

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  1. Fifth Grade Social Studies Week Two

  2. Using the map above, what mountain range must the pioneers cross when on the Oregon Trail?

  3. The Rocky Mountains

  4. What city was known as the “Gateway to the West” because it was where pioneers came to form wagon trains and leave on their trip west?

  5. St. Louis, Missouri

  6. Why was it important for settlers heading to Oregon to leave from Missouri in the Spring?

  7. They wanted to get through the Rocky Mountains before winter.

  8. Why did the trails to the West often follow riverbeds?

  9. These routes were generally easier than going over the mountains.

  10. How did climate in the west affect the pioneers’ trips?

  11. Hot, dry summers brought droughts, dust storms and insects. Winters brought snow that caused spring floods. Storms brought tornadoes and hail which could ruin crops.

  12. What Native American resource on the Great Plains did settlers hunt to near extinction?

  13. The bison or buffalo

  14. Where were many Native Americans forced to live when they were driven off their land?

  15. Reservations

  16. What was the most positive impact that the trans-continental railroad had on the growth of the West?

  17. It was an easy way to travel and a cheaper way to get cattle and goods to markets.

  18. How did the development of the railroads impact immigration to the United States?

  19. Immigration increased due to the high demand for low-cost labor to build the railroads.

  20. How did railroads impact the environment?

  21. More fuel was needed which meant more mining which stripped the land. More factories were built which polluted the air and water.

  22. What widely used invention created conflict between ranchers and farmers in the West?

  23. Barbed wire for fencing

  24. Why were Native American driven out of the Black Hills?

  25. Silver was discovered there and the settlers wanted the land.

  26. What cultural group which lived in the Southwest were driven from their land and discriminated against after the Mexican War?

  27. Mexican Americans

  28. Which battle ended Native American resistance to the Reservation policy?

  29. Wounded Knee-South Dakota

  30. What was the name of the school where Native American children were sent to learn the “ways of white children”?

  31. The Carlisle School in Pennsylvania

  32. What was the name of Henry Ford’s method of building cars that was quicker and made cars cost less?

  33. The moving assembly line

  34. What were two forms of communication invented during the Industrial Revolution and who invented them?

  35. Telegraph – Samuel Morse • Telephone – Alexander Graham Bell

  36. Who invented the electric light bulb?

  37. Thomas Edison

  38. Who used the Bessemer Process to convert iron (a raw material) to steel (consumer product)?

  39. Andrew Carnegie

  40. How did electricity positively impact the U.S. economy during the Industrial Revolution?

  41. Electricity improved productivity of factories, transportation with streetcars, and made life easier at home with vacuum cleaners and washing machines.

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