5th grade Social Studies practice sheet
Alabama Course of Study · from Gradelings · Name: ______________________
Question 1
In the early 1900s, textile mills in Alabama turned cotton into…
- coal
- paper money
- steel
- thread and cloth
thread and cloth
Hint: Textiles are fabrics.
Question 2
An illness when she was a baby left Helen Keller…
- very tall
- deaf and blind
- unable to walk
- without a home
deaf and blind
Hint: She could not see or hear.
Question 3
Many Alabama women helped the war effort by…
- doing nothing
- nursing, working in factories and selling war bonds
- fighting in trenches
- leaving the country
nursing, working in factories and selling war bonds
Hint: The home front.
Question 4
When cotton prices fell low, Alabama farmers…
- were not affected
- got rich
- earned less money and fell into debt
- stopped paying for anything
earned less money and fell into debt
Hint: Low prices hurt.
Question 5
The United States entered World War II after Japan attacked…
- Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
- London
- New York City
- Mobile Bay
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Hint: December 7, 1941.
Question 6
A sit-in is a protest where people…
- sit on a bus roof
- sit for a photo
- sit in a segregated place and refuse to leave
- sit at home
sit in a segregated place and refuse to leave
Hint: Like the 1960 lunch counter sit-ins.
Question 7
Which of these was a communist country during the Cold War?
- Britain
- Cuba
- Australia
- France
Cuba
Hint: An island 90 miles from Florida.
Question 8
Many textile mills in Alabama closed because…
- cotton disappeared
- cloth could be made more cheaply in other countries
- it was against the law
- people stopped wearing clothes
cloth could be made more cheaply in other countries
Hint: Global competition.
Question 9
In what year did this happen? Pearl Harbor is attacked
- 1917
- 1974
- 1941
- 1963
1941
Hint: Pearl Harbor is attacked: 1941.
Question 10
Lewis Latimer, a Black inventor, improved the…
- rocket
- light bulb
- steam engine
- cotton gin
light bulb
Hint: He made the filament last longer.
Answer key
- 1. thread and cloth (Industry & Inventors)
- 2. deaf and blind (The Progressive Era)
- 3. nursing, working in factories and selling war bonds (World War I)
- 4. earned less money and fell into debt (Boom, Bust & the New Deal)
- 5. Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (World War II)
- 6. sit in a segregated place and refuse to leave (The Civil Rights Movement)
- 7. Cuba (The Cold War & the Rocket City)
- 8. cloth could be made more cheaply in other countries (Modern Alabama)
- 9. 1941 (Twentieth Century Timeline)
- 10. light bulb (Industry & Inventors)
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