1. Rules of Jeopardy Question Category Point value Answer
Everyone will work in pairs or groups of 3, with one recording paper for each group.
Your recording paper should have your names at the top and a table that contains , the category of the question, the point value, the answer and the total point for the team. (see example) This table must be turned in at the end of class as your ticket out…
The team with the most points wins…. A fabulous weekend getaway
If anyone should shout out an answer then everyone in the class will not be eligible to receive the points for the question.
How the points add up
Correct answers add the assigned point value to your total score, incorrect answer add nothing to your score but do not subtract either…
Question Category
Point value
Answer
Total Group score

2. Powerpoint Jeopardy 10 20 30 40 50 Policies and programs
Presidential Actions
Living in
Suburbia
Civil Rights
Terms 10 20 30 40 50

3. Policy that gave aid to countries willing to resist communism
What is….
Category 1 – 10 points
Category

4. This belief suggested that by going to the precipice of war the US could contain communism and prevent war.
Category 1 – 20 points
Category

5. This policy encouraged the build up America’s nuclear arsenal.
Category 1 – 30 points

6. The defensive policy that encouraged preparedness for any time of conflict.
Category 1 – 40 points

7. This policy was originally suggested by George Kennan.
Category 1 – 50 points

8. This President signed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.
Category 2 – 10 points

9. Which President supported M.A.D?
Category 2 – 20 points

10. This President put large numbers of American soldiers into Vietnam in an effort to prevent the Communist N. Vietnamese from taking over the entire country.
Category 2 – 30 points

11. This President ran on a policy of being against ‘Communism, Korea, and Corruption’
Category 2 – 40 points

12. This was the Soviet Union’s Leader who had a very tense relationship with Kennedy.
Category 2 – 50 points

13. What piece of legislation made it possible for ex-servicemen to get very reasonable home loans.
Category 3 – 10 points

14. This was the name of the first suburban development.
Category 3 – 20 points

15. What was the impact of the Interstate Highway system
What was the impact of the Interstate Highway system? (List at least 3 things)
Category 3 – 30 points

16. This term referred to the difference between what Americans saw on the news regarding the Vietnam war and what military officials were telling the public.
Category 3 – 40 points

17. This was the area of the country that
Many Americans moved to during the 1950s-70s. (Bonus 5 points if you can also tell me where these people were moving from.)
Category 3 – 50 points

18. The man became the leader of SCLC.
Category 4 – 10 points

19. Supreme court case that overturned separate but equal
Supreme court case that overturned separate but equal. (10 extra point if you can name the Separate but Equal case as well)
Category 4 – 20 points

20. What tactics were used to challenge segregation after WW2
What tactics were used to challenge segregation after WW2? (list a minimum of three and at least two organizations that used these tactics)
Category 4 – 30 points

21. Disillusioned with the Nonviolence movement, this leader formed a more militant group, known as the Black Panthers.
Category 4 – 40 points

22. LBJ appointed this group to investigate the causes of urban riots.
Category 4 – 50 points

23. Define Consumerism and explain what caused an increase in consumerism in the US in the 50-60s.
Category 5 – 10 points

24. Act that made segregation/ discrimination illegal in public facilities & gave the federal gov’t the right to enforce.
Category 5 – 20 points

25. Original leader of SNCC and first individual to use the term Black Power.
Category 5 – 30 points

26. Event that took place in 1961 in which students from the north went to the south to register people to vote
Category 5 – 40 points

27. Member of the Nation of Islam
Category 5 – 50 points

28. Final Question
What was the name of the most famous Committee that was attempting to find communist subversives?