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MODERN US HISTORYMODERN US HISTORY JEOPARDY JEOPARDY
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World War II War in the Pacific 1950’s 1960’s Civil Rights
Double Jeopardy
Final Jeopardy
WORLD WAR II FOR 100:
He was the leader of Germany during World War II
WORLD WAR II for 100 points:
Answer: HitlerAnswer: Hitler
WORLD WAR II for 200 points:
Name the three major countries that made up the Axis Powers
WORLD WAR II FOR 200 points:
Answer: Germany, Italy, and Japan
WORLD WAR II: for 300 points:
What 4 major countries made up the allies
WORLD WAR II: for 300 points:
Answer: United States; Great Britain, France, Russia
WORLD WAR II for 400 points:
Code name for the allied invasion of France
WORLD WAR II for 400 points:
Answer: D-DayAnswer: D-Day
WORLD WAR II for 500 points:
Nazi Germany’s systematic murder of European Jews
WORLD WAR II for 500 points:
Answer: Holocaust
WAR IN THE PACIFIC for 100 points:
The event that sparked U.S. involvement in World War II
WAR IN THE PACIFIC for 100 points:
Answer: Pearl Harbor attack
Answer: Pearl Harbor attack
WAR IN THE PACIFIC for 200 points:
Strategy that involved selectively attacking specific enemy held islands
and bypassing others
WAR IN THE PACIFIC for 200 points:
Answer: Island hoppingAnswer: Island hopping
WAR IN THE PACIFIC for 300 points:
Code name for the project that developed the atomic bomb
WAR IN THE PACIFIC for 300 points:
Answer: Manhattan Project
Answer: Manhattan Project
WAR IN THE PACIFIC for 400 points:
This president made the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan
WAR IN THE PACIFIC for 400 points:
Answer: TrumanAnswer: Truman
WAR IN THE PACIFIC for 500 points:
Name the two cities that atomic bombs were dropped on
WAR IN THE PACIFIC for 500 points:
Answer: Nagasaki and Hiroshima
Answer: Nagasaki and Hiroshima
THE 1950’s for 100 points:
Theory that if one country fell to communism other countries would follow
THE 1950’s for 100 points:
Answer: Domino Theory
THE 1950’s for 200 points:
Wisconsin Senator that fueled the Red Scare in
the United States
THE 1950’s for 200 points :
Answer: Joseph McCarthyAnswer: Joseph McCarthy
THE 1950’s for 300 points:
This was the result of the Korean War (Conflict)
THE 1950’s for 300 points:
Answer: Korea remained divided at the 38th parallel as it was
before the war
Answer: Korea remained divided at the 38th parallel as it was
before the war
THE 1950’s for 400 points:
A list circulated among employers containing the names of persons who
should not be hired
THE 1950’s for 400 points:
Answer: Blacklists
THE 1950’s for 500 points:
This country was responsible for the invasion that started the
Korean War (Conflict)
THE 1950’s for 500 points:
Answer: North Korea
THE 1960’s for 100 points: The two candidates in the 1960
election
THE 1960’s for 100 points:
Answer: Richard Nixon JFK
THE 1960’s for 200 points:President Kennedy’s plan to improve
the economy, assist the poor, and advance the space program
THE 1960’s for 200 points:
Answer: New Frontier
THE 1960’s for 300 points:
This group decided that the assassination of JFK was the work of a lone assassin
Answer: The Warren Commission
THE 1960’s or 300 points:
THE 1960’s for 400 points:
Failed invasion of Cuba during the 1960’s
THE 1960’s for 400 points:
Answer: Bay of Pigs
THE 1960’s for 500 points:Barrier built by East Germany
to separate Communist and non-Communist Berlin
THE 1960’s for 500 points:
Answer: Berlin Wall
CIVIL RIGHTS for 100 points:
Believed that change should occur peacefully
CIVIL RIGHTS for 100 points:
Answer: Martin Luther King Jr.
CIVIL RIGHTS 200 points:
Law aimed at reducing the barriers that prevented African Americans from voting
CIVIL RIGHTS for 200 points:
Answer: Voting Rights Act of 1965
CIVIL RIGHTS for 300 points:
Groups of civil rights activists tested southern states’ compliance to the
Supreme Court ban of segregation on buses
CIVIL RIGHTS or 300 points:
Answer: Freedom Rides
CIVIL RIGHTS for 400 points:
Believed in gaining civil rights by any means necessary; leader of the Black Nationalist movement
CIVIL RIGHTS for 400 points:
Answer: Malcolm X
CIVIL RIGHTS for 500 points:Organization founded in 1942 to promote racial equality through a peaceful means
CIVIL RIGHTS for 500 points:
Answer: CORE
ECONOMICS ECONOMICS Double JeopardyDouble Jeopardy
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Vietnam War 1970’s 1980’s 1990’s The Present
Final Jeopardy
Back to Jeopardy –
round 1
VIETNAM for 200:Communist guerillas in South
Vietnam
VIETNAM for 200:
Answer: Viet CongAnswer: Viet Cong
VIETNAM for 400:The two terms used to refer to Vietnam War supporters and
protestors
VIETNAM for 400:
Answer: Hawks and Doves
Answer: Hawks and Doves
VIETNAM for 600:Incident in which American soldiers killed women, children, and old men
in a Vietnamese village
VIETNAM WAR for 600:
Answer: My LaiAnswer: My Lai
VIETNAM WAR for 800:Herbicide dropped by pilots on
dense jungle landscapes to expose Viet Cong hiding places
VIETNAM WAR for 800:
Answer: Agent OrangeAnswer: Agent Orange
VIETNAM WAR for 1000:
The end result of the Vietnam War
VIETNAM WAR for 1000:
Answer: South Vietnam falls to communism
Answer: South Vietnam falls to communism
1970’s for 200:President elected in 1968
1970’s for 200:
Answer: NixonAnswer: Nixon
1970’s for 400:Nixon’s Secretary of State
1970’s for 400:
Answer: Henry KissingerAnswer: Henry Kissinger
1970’s for 600:Scandal in which Nixon had
people spy on the Democratic National Convention
1970’s for 600:
Answer: WatergateAnswer: Watergate
1970’s for 800: President after Nixon
1970’s for 800:
Answer: Gerald FordAnswer: Gerald Ford
1970’s for 1000:President after Gerald Ford
1970’s for 1000:
Answer: Jimmy CarterAnswer: Jimmy Carter
THE 1980’S for 200:He was president for most of the
1980’s
THE 1980’S for 200:
Answer: Ronald ReaganAnswer: Ronald Reagan
THE 1980’s for 400: He was President Reagan’s Vice
President
THE 1980’s for 400:
Answer: George H.W. BushAnswer: George H.W. Bush
THE 1980’s for 600:Theory that tax reductions will
increase investment and encourage business growth
THE 1980’s for 600:
Answer: Supply-side economics (trickle down)
Answer: Supply-side economics (trickle down)
THE 1980’s for 800:Name the space shuttle that
exploded in midair less than two minutes after takeoff in 1986
THE 1980’s for 800:
Answer: ChallengerAnswer: Challenger
THE 1980’s for 1000:He was elected President in 1988
THE 1980’s for 1000:
Answer: George H.W. Bush
Answer: George H.W. Bush
THE 1990’s for 200:This event started the Persian
Gulf War
THE 1990’s for 200:
Answer: Iraq invaded KuwaitAnswer: Iraq invaded Kuwait
THE 1990’s 400:Name the policy of open/free
trade between the U.S., Canada, and Mexico created in the late
1990’s
THE 1990’s for 400:
Answer: NAFTAAnswer: NAFTA
THE 1990’s for 600:He became President of the
United States in 1992
THE 1990’s for 600:
Answer: Bill ClintonAnswer: Bill Clinton
THE 1990’s for 800:Name the 3rd Party Candidate that
won a surprising 19% of the popular vote in the 1992 election
THE 1990’s for 800:
Answer:
H. Ross Perot
Answer:
H. Ross Perot
THE 1990’s for 1000:Name the two crimes that
President Clinton was impeached for
THE 1990’s for 1000:
Answer: Perjury and Obstruction of Justice
Answer: Perjury and Obstruction of Justice
THE PRESENT for 200:Name the Presidential Candidate who won the larger percentage of
the popular vote in the 2000 election
THE PRESENT for 200:
Answer: Al GoreAnswer: Al Gore
THE PRESENT for 400:Name the Presidential Candidate that won the larger percentage of
electoral votes in the 2000 election
THE PRESENT for 400:
Answer: George W. Bush
Answer: George W. Bush
THE PRESENT for 600:Name the state that had to recount its votes for the
Presidential election in 2000
THE PRESENT for 600:
Answer: FloridaAnswer: Florida
THE PRESENT for 800: Name the two candidates in the
2004 Presidential election
THE PRESENT for 800:
Answer: George W. Bush and John Kerry
Answer: George W. Bush and John Kerry
THE PRESENT for 1000:In 2006, this woman became the
first female to hold the position of Speaker of the House
THE PRESENT for 1000:
Answer: Nancy PelosiAnswer: Nancy Pelosi
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At the end of World War II, the United States developed a policy known as containment. What is containment?
At the end of World War II, the United States developed a policy known as containment. What is containment?
Answer: a policy of resisting further expansion of communism around the
world
Answer: a policy of resisting further expansion of communism around the
world
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