Jeopardy Economy Living in America Young America Poverty Potpourri Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Final Jeopardy

$100 Question from Economy What is one of the 3 things a G.I. Could do with Money from the G.I. Bill?

$100 Answer from Economy  Start a business  Buy a home  Go to college

$200 Question from Economy What was one of the 2 factors that caused the Economic boom of the 1950s<

$200 Answer from Economy  Low unemployment rates  Plenty of goods being bought and sold

$300 Question from Economy What did the Great-Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway do?

$300 Answer from Economy Connect the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes In the Midwest

$400 Question from economy What was one of the 3 ways Truman’s Fair Deal Was designed to help those less fortunate?

$400 Answer from Economy  Increased social security benefits  Increased minimum wage  Increased low income housing

$500 Question from Economy How did the Taft-Hartley Act weaken labor unions?

$500 Answer from Economy  Outlawed closed shop which required business to hire only union workers  Allowed right-to-work laws which outlawed requiring workers to join unions

$100 Question from Living in America What symbolized the American Dream?

$100 Answer from Living in America Buying a house in the suburbs

$200 Question from Living in America What was the name of the first mass-produced Suburb in NY?

$200 Answer from Living in America Levittown

$300 Question from Living in America What is the term for the rise in The birthrate from ?

$300 Answer from Living in America Baby Boom

$400 Question from Living in America Why were more schools needed in the 1950s?

$400 Answer from Living in America The Baby Boom

$500 Question from Living in America What is the difference between a white collar workers And a blue collar worker?

$500 Answer from Living in America  White collar works in office; wears dress shirt  Blue collar works in factroy; wears jumpsuit or overalls

$100 Question from Young America Form of music that emerges in the 1950s

$100 Answer from Young America Rock ‘n’ Roll

$200 Question from Young America First significant rock ‘n’ roll star

$200 Answer from Young America Elvis Presley

$300 Question from Young America When youth culture is separate and different from adult culture

$300 Answer from young America Generation gap

$400 Question from young America Term for crimes committed by young people

$400 Answer from young America Juvenile delinquency

$500 Question from young America 3 factors that caused juvenile delinquency in Young America?

$500 Answer from young America  T.V.  Poverty  Lack of religion

$100 Question from Poverty Level of income at which a family is classified As poor

$100 Answer from Poverty Poverty Line

$200 Question from Poverty Tried to eliminate poverty and improve cities

$200 Answer from Poverty Urban renewal programs

$300 Question from Poverty Reason government encouraged residents in Public housing to remain poor

$300 Answer from Poverty Evicted them if they earned money

$400 Question from Poverty Describe Appalachia ((Use directions like north, south, east, west Part of the United States & what type of land it was((

$400 Answer from Poverty (Rural) mountains in South Eastern US

$500 Question from Poverty 5 poorest groups in America in 50s & 60s

$500 Answer from Poverty African Americans Native Americans Hispanic Americans Appalachian Americans Inner city dwellers

$100 Question from Potpourri Program that brought Mexican immigrants to U.S. as workers

$100 Answer from potpourri Bra cero

$200 Question from potpourri Name the President that goes with Fair Deal, New Frontier, And Great Society and their common purpose

$200 Answer from Potpourri Fair Deal = Truman New Frontier = Kennedy Great Society = Johnson common purpose = help poor

$300 Question from Potpourri What did Lee Harvey Oswald do

$300 Answer from Potpourri Assassinated John F. Kennedy

$400 Question from Potpourri What was Health insurance for the poor and elderly Called?

$400 Answer from Potpourri Medicaid (poor) and Medicare (elderly)

$500 Question from Potpourri Court case that said defendant had the right to A lawyer

$500 Answer from Potpourri Gideon v. Wainwright

Final Jeopardy “Unfortunately some Americans still live on the outskirts of hope, Some because of their poverty and some because of their color and all to many because Of both. I declare Unconditional war on poverty in America.” What President declared war on poverty AND what were the 3 reasons of poverty he was declaring war against

Final Jeopardy Answer Who is Lyndon Johnson War on Poverty = Against 3 Causes 1 Inadequate Public Services 2 Illiteracy 3 Unemployment