CRCT Social Studies Study Guide

1. CRCT Social Studies Study Guide 5th Grade

2. The Civil War • Uncle Tom’s Cabin – A book written about how bad _____________ was for the Africans. • John Brown’s Raid on Harper’s Ferry – Led an attack on an _________________ (place where they keep guns) • Northern States – Had more people in __________, wanted to end ________________. • Southern States – Wanted more slave ____________, need slaves to work on plantations. slavery armory Congress slavery states

3. Key Battles of the Civil War Sumter • Fort ____________ - in South Carolina, first battle. • The Battle of Gettysburg - _______________________ • Sherman’s “March to the ________” from _________________ to __________________. • Surrender was at Appomattox Court House in __________________. Turning Point of the War Sea Savannah Atlanta Virginia

4. Key People of the Civil War Union/ North • Abraham Lincoln: President of the _______________. • Jefferson Davis: President of the _________________. • Ulysses S. Grant: General of the __________________. • Robert E. Lee: General of the ____________________. Confederacy/South North/ Union Army South/ Confederacy

5. Civil War Amendments slavery • 13th – Ended ______________________ • 14th – African Americans became ________________ of the United States. • 15th – Gave black men the right to ________________. • Jim _________ Laws – Southern laws trying to keep black men from voting (____________, _________, etc.) citizens vote Crow Reading tests taxes

6. Turn of the Century • Inventors • Thomas Edison - ________________________ • George Washington Carver - ____________________ • Wright Brothers - __________________________ • Alexander Graham Bell _________________________ Light bulb Peanut products airplane telephone

7. Early 1900s • Panama Canal- Man-made river through Central America to connect ______________ and _______________ oceans. • Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt- U.S. President, built the _______________ Canal • Immigrants/Emigrants- People who came to the U.S. from other countries, mostly through ___________________ and _____________________. • Why? For ________________ freedom, ___________, ______________, opportunity, etc. • Native Americans-Forced by government to live on _______________. Atlantic Pacific Panama New York – Ellis Island San Francisco – Angel Island religious jobs land reservations

8. World War I British • Lusitania - ______________ ship with U.S. passengers that was torpedoed (sunk) by the ________________. (Reason the U.S. entered World War I) • WWI – U.S./Great Britain/ ______________/ _____________ vs. Germany • Treaty of Versailles – Ended World War I and _______________ Germany. • Fought with trench warfare. Germans Russia France punished

9. The Great Depression 1929 • Stock Market crash of ___________. • Dust Bowl caused most Americans to become _____________. • The New Deal (FDR) created the ____________ Conservation Corps, the Works Progress Administration, and the Tennessee ___________ Authority = ________. poor/ homeless Civilian Valley JOBS

10. World War II – Major Events Poland • Nazi’s of Germany invaded __________________, wanted to take over the ________________. • Pearl Harbor: ____________ attacks the U.S. • Iwo Jima: U.S. captured Japanese ______________ • D-Day: U.S. troops stormed the __________ of Normandy, ______________. • VE Day: Victory in __________ - the U.S. defeated the __________. • VJ Day: Victory in __________- Japan officially __________ to the U.S. • Holocaust: _____ million Jews are put into ____________________ by the Nazi’s. world Japan island beaches France Europe Nazi’s Japan surrenders 6 Concentration camps

11. Key People of WWII • FDR (Roosevelt): U.S. President during WWII & created the _____________________ • Stalin: Leader of ______________ • Churchill: Leader of ______________ • Hirohito: Leader of _______________ • Hitler: Leader of __________________ • Truman: U.S. President at the end of WWII & dropped the atomic bombs on _________________. New Deal Russia Great Britain Japan Germany Japan

12. World War II • “Rosie the Riveter”: Symbol for U.S. women who started working in _____________ during the war. • Tuskegee Airmen: African American ___________ during WWII. • United Nations: _______________ of every nation in the world to prevent another _________________. factories pilots Congress World War

13. The Cold War • United States vs. Soviet Union (Russia) • U.S. wanted to stop the spread of ________________. • Russia hid behind the “Iron Curtain” • Cuban Missile Crisis: Russia sent _________________ submarines to ________. U.S. stopped them without _____________________ communism nuclear Cuba force

14. Civil Rights Movement • Brown vs. Board of Education: Court case that ended _________________- “separate but equal” • Montgomery __________ Boycott- Blacks refused to use the public bus system. • ____________ on Washington- blacks and whites walked to Washington to fight for rights. • Civil Rights Acts – protect rights of blacks and other__________________ from __________________ and ____________________. segregation Bus March minorities violence discrimination

15. Key People of the Time • JFK (Kennedy) – U.S. President during Cuban Missile Crisis and ______________ while President • Martin Luther King: Civil Rights leader and __________________________ • Thurgood Marshall: 1st African American _________________________ • Rosa Parks: African American woman __________________ for not moving to the back of the bus. assassinated assassinated Supreme Court Justice arrested

16. Amendments to the US Constitution electoral • 12th- Created the __________________ college. • 17th – U.S. Senators must be elected by ____________________ vote • 19th – Women get the right to ________________. • 23rd- _______________ becomes part of the electoral college. • 24th – Bans poll _____________ • 26th – National voting age of _________ popular vote Washington D.C. taxes 18

17. Functions of the 4 major sectors of the economy • Household – Buy products and services • Private Business- Sell products and services • Banks – Provide checking accounts, savings accounts, and loans • Government- TAXES and provide certain services