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Final Jeopardy Round 1 Jeter Schilling Griffey

How acquired Political terms Causes vocabulary People Misc. Round 2 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 Final Jeopardy $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 Scores $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500

$100 Seward’s Folly

$100 Alaska Scores

$200 Commodore Perry arrived in this country and demanded trading privileges and help for shipwrecked sailors.

$200 Japan Scores

$300 Sugar planters helped to overthrow the king and write a new constitution.

$300 Hawaii Scores

$400 The United States provided military backup as this area revolted from Colombian rule.

$400 Panama Scores

$500 Acquired during the Spanish American War, Emilio Aguinaldo said this country was doing the same thing the United States did during their revolution from Great Britain.

$500 The Philippines Scores

$100 What is it called when a strong country controls the economic and political affairs of a weaker country?

$100 imperialism Scores

$200 What was it called when the United States said anyone could trade in any sphere of influence?

$200 Open Door Policy Scores

$300 Foreign policy prescribed by George Washington. The United States would not get involved with foreign counties.

$300 isolationism Scores

Daily Double

$400 An addition to the Monroe Doctrine (1823), it said the U.S. could intervene in Latin America to keep the peace.

$400 Roosevelt Corollary Scores

$500 This required all men between the ages of 21 and 30 to register for the draft during World War I.

$500 Selective Service Act Scores

$100 When one country secretly promises to help another country. A big cause of the Great War.

$100 alliances Scores

Pride in your country. A cause of World War I. $200 Pride in your country. A cause of World War I.

$200 nationalism Scores

$300 The sinking of this ship got Americans angry at Germany and ready for war.

$300 Lusitania Scores

$400 This telegram offered a deal to Mexico from Germany. It proposed that they be allies. Americans were angry at Germany and Mexico when it was made public.

$400 Zimmermann Telegram Scores

The building up of a country’s army. A cause of World War I. $500 The building up of a country’s army. A cause of World War I.

$500 militarism Scores

Most of the fighting in World War I took place in these. $100 Most of the fighting in World War I took place in these.

$100 trenches Scores

$200 Term for when somebody spreads ideas to hurt an opposing cause or help a particular cause. Characterized by lying and exaggeration.

$200 propaganda Scores

An agreement to stop fighting. $300 An agreement to stop fighting.

$300 armistice Scores

$400 Idea that national groups had the right to have their own territory and make their own governments.

$400 self-determination Scores

$500 Sensationalized newspaper reporting. Pulitzer and Hearst told their reporters to get them pictures of the atrocities in Cuba and they would provide the war using this.

$500 Yellow journalism Scores

$100 President. Leader of the Rough Riders at San Juan Hill during the Spanish American War.

$100 Theodore Roosevelt Scores

United States President during World War I. $200 United States President during World War I.

$200 Woodrow Wilson Scores

Leader of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) $300 Leader of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF)

$300 John J. Pershing Scores

$400 Queen of Hawaii who tried to overthrow the government put in place by the American sugar planters.

$400 Queen Liliuokalani Scores

$500 Who was the communist leader who overthrew the democratic government of Russia?

$500 V. I. Lenin Scores

Wilson’s plan for peace after the Great War. $100 Wilson’s plan for peace after the Great War.

$100 Fourteen Points Scores

Organization of nations to keep world peace after World War I. $200 Organization of nations to keep world peace after World War I.

$200 League of Nations Scores

Who made up the Central Powers? $300 Who made up the Central Powers?

Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire $300 Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire Scores

$400 When businesses are encouraged to develop in Latin American countries so that the United States can influence the government.

$400 Dollar Diplomacy Scores

$500 John J. Pershing chased this Mexican into Mexico after the Mexican burned an American village.

Francisco “Pancho” Villa $500 Francisco “Pancho” Villa Scores

Final Jeopardy Question politics Final Jeopardy Question Scores

First woman elected to Congress First woman elected to Congress. Voted against the United States entering World War I.

Jeannette Rankin Scores