1. CP US History Final Exam Review Activity
Each row will be given a whiteboard, eraser and marker
Only the person with the whiteboard will be able to answer the question. No one else in the row is allowed to help
Talking, helping, using electronics, notebooks or textbooks will result in the group losing an opportunity to answer the question and points.
The student will the board must be standing with the correct answer to earn a point. You must be seated while writing.
Each right question will result in a point for the row.
The teacher will determine which row is standing first.
After each question, the whiteboard, eraser and marker will be passed to the next student.
Any violation of the above rule, negative behavior or arguing will result in points being taken from the row and the end of the review game.

2. Questions - What former US General was elected president in 1952?
What two states joined the union during the 1950s?
Where were more Americans living during the 1950s?
What did Winston Churchill claim had “fallen across the continent?”
What was Stalin’s reaction to the US, France and England announcing the reunification of West Germany?

3. Questions -
Northern economy was based mostly on ___ while the Southern economy was based on _____.
The Missouri Compromise of 1820 kept the balance in the country between the ___ and the ___ states.
What American victory brought more tension to the question about slavery?
What law required all citizens to help catch runaway slaves?
What were the major decisions by the Supreme Court during the Dred Scott case?

4. Questions -
American interest in developing a hydrogen bomb intensified when
The committee known as the HUAC became well known for their investigation of communism in the
What other trial was the Rosenberg’s espionage case like?
What were people building in their backyards to protect themselves from a nuclear attack?
What did the US government pass to help WWII veterans go to college?

5. Questions - Where did John Brown attack prior to the Civil War?
Whose election brought about the secession of the Southern States?
What was the first state to secede from the Union?
Where was the capital of the Confederacy?
What strategy did Northern generals employ to end the war?

6. Questions - What is the 20th Amendment?
During FDR’s “Honeymoon”, he was able to have ___ major new laws passed.
How many terms was FDR elected to?
During the 1920s, the Mid-West became known as the ___.
What caused the economic depression of the 1930s?

7. Questions -
By the 1860s, who made up one (1) out of every three (3) prospectors?
Who was John D. Rockefeller?
What is vertical integration?
What are entrepreneurs?
Which of the following made possible the industrial growth of the late 1800s?

8. Questions -
What was the single industry that fueled the growth of the US economy?
What organization grew during Prohibition?
Where was Jazz created?
What was the name of the first talking movie?
Who was the greatest baseball player in the 1920s?

9. Questions - Political radicals who oppose all government?
The private police force hired by employers to break up strikes is called the:
He led the Sioux in their fight to keep their reservation:
What happened at the battle at Wounded Knee?
What were the three (3) goals of the American Federation of Labor (AFL)?

10. Questions -
“We had a toehold, and behind us there were enormous replacements. Men and equipment were flowing from England in a gigantic stream.” This quotation probably describes
Who was the only head of state (and country) that took Hitler’s boasts seriously?
What new weapon will end the war in the Pacific?
What countries made up the Tripartite Pact (Axis Powers)?
What did King Victor Emmanuel III do on July 25, 1945?

11. Questions -
What role did the US play at the beginning of World War One?
Why did the US have trouble getting supplies to the Central Powers?
What was the reaction of most Americans after the sinking of the Lusitania?
During what war did Teddy Roosevelt lead the “Rough Riders”?
What island did the US annex?

12. Questions - What did Hitler claim at the Munich Conference?
How will white soldiers and black soldiers be treated in the military?
What result was the US hoping for when employing their new strategy of Island Hopping when attacking Japan?
What was the first country that Hitler added to the Third Reich?
What was the US foreign policy before becoming involved in WWII?

13. Questions - What country switched sides during WWI?
What northern expanse of land did the US purchase from Russia?
The Spanish-American war was fought in what Caribbean Island?
What were the two sides at the end of WWI?
What was the American battle cry during the Spanish-American War?

14. Group Question Each group will be given a different question.
The group is to work together to answer the question on a separate piece of paper.
No electronics, notebooks, textbooks, etc may be used
No discussion between groups.
No questions can be asked to the teacher.
The group will present their answers to the class when finished.

15. Group Questions
Examine and analyze the events and evidence that occurred on November 23, 1963 in Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas. Who do you believe killed President Kennedy? Why will his death have such an impact on the future of the country?
Analyze and examine the events that led to the “Turmoil of 1979”. How will America be brought out of the “funk” and sorrow that we felt? Why will this event be so significant?
Some historians believe that the two separate world wars were in fact one long war. Is this statement fact or interpretation? How did the events that ended World War One and occurred in the 1920s and 1930s lead to the Second World War?
How have the inventions of the past thirty years changed daily life for you? Imagine that it is the year How have the inventions since the Civil War changed your daily life?

16. Final Activity
The total points won by each group will determine the number of cards that the group will receive.
The group with the most points at the end of the final activity will win the review activity.