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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
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$100 Question from Economy What is one of the 3 things a G.I. Could do with Money from the G.I. Bill?
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$100 Answer from Economy Start a business Buy a home Go to college
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$200 Question from Economy What was one of the 2 factors that caused the Economic boom of the 1950s<
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$200 Answer from Economy Low unemployment rates Plenty of goods being bought and sold
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$300 Question from Economy What did the Great-Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway do?
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$300 Answer from Economy Connect the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes In the Midwest
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$400 Question from economy What was one of the 3 ways Truman’s Fair Deal Was designed to help those less fortunate?
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$400 Answer from Economy Increased social security benefits Increased minimum wage Increased low income housing
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$500 Question from Economy How did the Taft-Hartley Act weaken labor unions?
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$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
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$100 Question from Living in America What symbolized the American Dream?
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$100 Answer from Living in America Buying a house in the suburbs
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$200 Question from Living in America What was the name of the first mass-produced Suburb in NY?
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$200 Answer from Living in America Levittown
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$300 Question from Living in America What is the term for the rise in The birthrate from 1946-1964?
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$300 Answer from Living in America Baby Boom
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$400 Question from Living in America Why were more schools needed in the 1950s?
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$400 Answer from Living in America The Baby Boom
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$500 Question from Living in America What is the difference between a white collar workers And a blue collar worker?
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$500 Answer from Living in America White collar works in office; wears dress shirt Blue collar works in factroy; wears jumpsuit or overalls
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$100 Question from Young America Form of music that emerges in the 1950s
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$100 Answer from Young America Rock ‘n’ Roll
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$200 Question from Young America First significant rock ‘n’ roll star
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$200 Answer from Young America Elvis Presley
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$300 Question from Young America When youth culture is separate and different from adult culture
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$300 Answer from young America Generation gap
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$400 Question from young America Term for crimes committed by young people
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$400 Answer from young America Juvenile delinquency
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$500 Question from young America 3 factors that caused juvenile delinquency in Young America?
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$500 Answer from young America T.V. Poverty Lack of religion
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$100 Question from Poverty Level of income at which a family is classified As poor
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$100 Answer from Poverty Poverty Line
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$200 Question from Poverty Tried to eliminate poverty and improve cities
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$200 Answer from Poverty Urban renewal programs
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$300 Question from Poverty Reason government encouraged residents in Public housing to remain poor
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$300 Answer from Poverty Evicted them if they earned money
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$400 Question from Poverty Describe Appalachia ((Use directions like north, south, east, west Part of the United States & what type of land it was((
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$400 Answer from Poverty (Rural) mountains in South Eastern US
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$500 Question from Poverty 5 poorest groups in America in 50s & 60s
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$500 Answer from Poverty African Americans Native Americans Hispanic Americans Appalachian Americans Inner city dwellers
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$100 Question from Potpourri Program that brought Mexican immigrants to U.S. as workers
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$100 Answer from potpourri Bra cero
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$200 Question from potpourri Name the President that goes with Fair Deal, New Frontier, And Great Society and their common purpose
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$200 Answer from Potpourri Fair Deal = Truman New Frontier = Kennedy Great Society = Johnson common purpose = help poor
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$300 Question from Potpourri What did Lee Harvey Oswald do
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$300 Answer from Potpourri Assassinated John F. Kennedy
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$400 Question from Potpourri What was Health insurance for the poor and elderly Called?
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$400 Answer from Potpourri Medicaid (poor) and Medicare (elderly)
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$500 Question from Potpourri Court case that said defendant had the right to A lawyer
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$500 Answer from Potpourri Gideon v. Wainwright
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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
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Final Jeopardy Answer Who is Lyndon Johnson War on Poverty = Against 3 Causes 1 Inadequate Public Services 2 Illiteracy 3 Unemployment
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