MODERN US HISTORY JEOPARDY 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: 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-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

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 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

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: 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

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 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 38 th 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 Double Jeopardy Double Jeopardy 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 Cong

VIETNAM for 400: The two terms used to refer to Vietnam War supporters and protestors

VIETNAM for 400: 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 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 Orange

VIETNAM WAR for 1000: The end result of the Vietnam War

VIETNAM WAR for 1000: Answer: South Vietnam falls to communism

1970’s for 200: President elected in 1968

1970’s for 200: Answer: Nixon

1970’s for 400: Nixon’s Secretary of State

1970’s for 400: Answer: Henry Kissinger

1970’s for 600: Scandal in which Nixon had people spy on the Democratic National Convention

1970’s for 600: Answer: Watergate

1970’s for 800: President after Nixon

1970’s for 800: Answer: Gerald Ford

1970’s for 1000: President after Gerald Ford

1970’s for 1000: Answer: Jimmy Carter

THE 1980’S for 200: He was president for most of the 1980’s

THE 1980’S for 200: Answer: Ronald Reagan

THE 1980’s for 400: He was President Reagan’s Vice President

THE 1980’s for 400: Answer: 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)

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: Challenger

THE 1980’s for 1000: He was elected President in 1988

THE 1980’s for 1000: 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 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: NAFTA

THE 1990’s for 600: He became President of the United States in 1992

THE 1990’s for 600: Answer: Bill Clinton

THE 1990’s for 800: Name the 3 rd Party Candidate that won a surprising 19% of the popular vote in the 1992 election

THE 1990’s for 800: 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

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 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

THE PRESENT for 600: Name the state that had to recount its votes for the Presidential election in 2000

THE PRESENT for 600: Answer: 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

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 Pelosi

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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