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Your Topic 1920sGreat Depression WWII in Europe WWII in the Pacific Potpourri Bonus Question: 5000 pts

Topic 1: 200 Question: This Amendment to the Constitution led to the prohibition of alcohol. Answer The 18 th Amendment

Topic 1: 400 Question: This movement located in the Upper West Side of Manhattan showcased the artistic talents of many influential African Americans. Answer The Harlem Renaissance

Topic 1: 600 Question: This refers to the belief that America should only be for Americans. Answer Nativism

Topic 1: 800 Question: This practice which allowed individuals to purchase 10 times as many shares as they were financially able to led to the financial ruin of many investors following the stock market crash of Answer Buying on margin

Topic 1: 1000 Question: These operations aimed at weeding out communists both turned violent and fed the Red Scare. Answer Palmer Raids

Topic 2: 200 Question: President Franklin D. Roosevelt instituted this set of policies as a remedy for the Great Depression. Answer The New Deal

Topic 2: 400 Question: This group of American veterans marched on Washington in search of benefits promised to them in the future. Answer The Bonus Army

Topic 2: 600 Question: All New Deal programs were based on these three concepts beginning with “R”. Answer Relief, Recovery, and Reform

Topic 2: 800 Question: This failed Hoover fiscal policy was designed to end the Great Depression. Answer Cut spending and raise taxes

Topic 2: 1000 Question: Name 5 of the 7 causes of the Great Depression Answer Agricultural Overproduction, Industrial Overproduction, Overspeculation, Easy Money (credit), Poor Monetary Policy, Poor Fiscal Policy, High Tariffs

Topic 3: 200 Question: This policy allowed Hitler to occupy sovereign nations around Germany unopposed. Answer Appeasement

Topic 3: 400 Question: This type of government places complete control in the hands of one individual i.e. Hitler, Stalin, and Mussolini Answer Totalitarianism

Topic 3: 600 Question: This Allied invasion began in Normandy and served as the beginning of the end of the European Theater of WWII. Answer Operation Overlord

Topic 3: 800 Question: This battle was the result of the final German offensive. Answer Battle of the Bulge

Topic 3: 1000 Question: This naval battle lasted for the first two years of US involvement in WWII. Answer Battle of the Atlantic

Daily Double Question: Japan launched a “surprise” attack on this target to lure the US into WWII. Answer Pearl Harbor

Topic 4: 400 Question: Atomic bombs were dropped on these Japanese cities as a means of quickly ending WWII. Answer Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Topic 4: 600 Question: General Douglas MacArthur proclaimed “I will return” after surrendering his army following America’s first encounter with the Japanese in this territory. Answer The Philippines

Topic 4: 800 Question: This battle was seen as a turning point in the war after America’s ability to crack the Japanese code avoided a planned diversion battle in the Aleutian Islands allowed for a decisive victory. Answer Battle of Midway

Topic 4: 1000 Question: Japan’s navy was virtually destroyed in this naval battle, the largest in history. Answer Battle of Leyte Gulf

Topic 5: 200 Question: This was Hitler’s “Final Solution” to obtain his goal of “racial purification”. Answer The Holocaust

Topic 5: 400 Question: This symptom of overspeculation is often misunderstood as a cause of the Great Depression. Answer The Stock Market Crash of 1929

Topic 5: 600 Question: The Axis Powers consisted of ___, ___, and ___ while the Allied Powers consisted of ___, ___, ___, and ___ (even though one of these nations was quickly overrun by the Nazis). Answer Axis: Germany, Italy, and Japan; Allies: US, Great Britain, USSR, and France

Topic 5: 800 Question: How were the Neutrality Acts designed to prevent US entry into WWII? Answer The US could no longer sell arms to any warring nation (civil wars included).

Topic 5: 1000 Question: This US President’s legacy was tarnished by the Teapot Dome Scandal. Answer Warren G. Harding

Final Jeopardy

Final Jeopardy. Question: These were the names given to the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Answer … Fat Man and Little Boy

The Winner Of The Last Round Write Down How Much Money You Are Willing To Risk If You get the Question write you win that money If you get it wrong you Loss the money!

The Winner Of The Last Round Write Down How Much Money You Are Willing To Risk If You get the Question write you win that money If you get it wrong you Loss the money!