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Grade 5 Civil War
Sherman's "March to the Sea" used a strategy called total war to destroy the resources of the south.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 American Revolution
In 1770, Parliament repealed all of the Townshend Acts except for the tax on what?
  1. Paper goods
  2. Glass
  3. Sugar
  4. Tea
Grade 5 Colonial Period
                          was fought between the Plymouth colonists and the Wampanoag.
  1. The French and Indian War
  2. Shays' Rebellion
  3. King Phillip's War
  4. The Seven Years' War
Grade 5 Colonial Period
Who settled the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
  1. the Puritans
  2. American Indians
  3. John Smith
  4. the Pilgrims
Grade 5 Civil War
Juneteenth is the anniversary date of which event?
  1. The Battle of Gettysburg
  2. The end of slavery in Texas
  3. The Emancipation Proclamation
  4. The Confederate surrender at Appomattox Court House
Grade 5 Civil War
Select the correct term for the description.
kept balance between slave and free states
  1. tariff
  2. emancipation
  3. Dred Scott decision
  4. sectionalism
  5. Missouri Compromise
Grade 5 American Revolution
Which of these laws made colonists provide British soldiers with food, transportation and housing?
  1. the Stamp Act
  2. the Quartering Act
  3. the Tea Act
Grade 5 Civil War
Ulysses S. Grant surrendered to Robert E. Lee at Appomattox Court House in Virginia.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Civil War
Select the correct term for the description.
ruled that slavery was legal
  1. tariff
  2. emancipation
  3. Dred Scott decision
  4. sectionalism
  5. Missouri Compromise
Grade 5 Progressive Era
After attending her first National Women's Rights Convention in Syracuse, New York, Susan B. Anthony came to believe that a women's right to        vote                       was the most important right.
Grade 5 Pre-Colonial Period
What was a common kind of dwelling for tribes in the Southwest cultural area?
  1. tipis
  2. pueblos
  3. wigwams
  4. longhouses
Grade 5 American Revolution
Ben Franklin is credited for creating the "Join of Die" cartoon which depicts what animal cut into many pieces?
  1. llama
  2. tiger
  3. snake
  4. scorpion
Grade 5 Colonial Period
After Roanoke was attacked in 1586, some colonists returned to England with                 who was on his way back from the Caribbean.
  1. Francis Drake
  2. Walter Raleigh
  3. John Smith
  4. Henry Hudson
Grade 5 Colonial Period
What was the name of the first attempt at an English colony in North America?
  1. Roanoke
  2. Plymouth
  3. Jametown
  4. St. Augustine
Grade 5 Colonial Period
Mark all of the important things about John Rolfe.
  1. He was a very poor man.
  2. He helped create a sweet tobacco crop in Jamestown.
  3. He brought the first cows to Jamestown.
  4. He married Pocahontas.
Grade 5 Early National Era
For many of the tribes, the Trail of Tears ended in which modern-day state?
  1. Texas
  2. Kansas
  3. Wyoming
  4. Oklahoma
Grade 5 Civil War
Who was the first and only President of the Confederacy?
  1. John C. Calhoun
  2. Abraham Lincoln
  3. Jefferson Davis
  4. John Bell
Grade 5 Civil War
In addition to working on the farm or in factories, many women helped in the war effort by volunteering as                ?
  1. teachers
  2. soldiers
  3. nurses
  4. scouts
Grade 5 Colonial Period
Who started a colony where people of any religion could be free to worship as they chose?
  1. Ceclilius Calvert
  2. William Penn
  3. Lord Baltimore
  4. Roger Williams
Grade 5 Pre-Colonial Period
The tribes on the Great Plains made most of their shelter and clothing from what animal?
  1. caribou
  2. rabbit
  3. bison
  4. deer
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