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American History Round 1
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American History The Cold WarWorld War IIReconstructionBritish- American Relations He Said She Said 200 400 600 800 1000 Bonus Question: 5000 pts
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The Cold War: 200 Question: It was at this University the National Guard fired upon college students in an antiwar protest in 1970 Answer What is Kent State?
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The Cold War: 400 Question: These treaties between the United States and the USSR limited ballistic missiles and other weapons during the Cold War Answer What are the SALT Treaties?
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The Cold War: 600 Question: The Vietnam and Korean Wars took place fearing the spread of communism through the use of this American policy. Answer: What is containment?
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The Cold War: 800 Question: This unsuccessful invasion proceeded the Cuban Missile Crisis and was an attempt to overthrown the government of Fidel Castro. Answer What is The Bay of Pigs?
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The Cold War: 1000 Question: This was a permanent relaxation of international affairs between the U.S., China, and Russia during the Cold War. Answer What is Détente?
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World War II: 200 Question: This Japanese air attack was an effort to dismantle the United States navy in the early 1940's. Answer What is Pearl Harbor?
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World War II: 400 Question: Japanese-American located on the West Coast were relocated to these during the 2nd World War. Answer What are Internment Camps?
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World War II: 600 Question: This was America's technological, industrial, scientific and financial effort to create the bombs that destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Answer What is the Manhattan Project?
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World War II: 800 Question: This “act” used in the early 1940's allowed the British to borrow American arms and eventually ended American neutrality in the war. Answer What is the Lend-Lease Act?
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World War II: 1000 Question: This fictional female led the six-million woman push to maintain American productivity by replacing soldiers at their place of work. Answer Who is Rosie the Riveter?
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Reconstruction: 200 Question: This group, supported and formed by Confederate officers, was dedicated to suppressing blacks in society. Answer What is the Ku Klux Klan?
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Reconstruction: 400 Question: These were laws passed by the Andrew Johnson administration after the Civil War to keep blacks as a semi-free people. Answer What are the black codes?
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Reconstruction: 600 Question: This constitutional amendment states that no one should be denied the right to vote because of race, color or any previous condition of servitude. Answer What is the Fifteenth Amendment?
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Reconstruction: 800 Question: Also pirate slang, this group of people held most of the political offices in the Reconstruction governments of the south. Answer What are scalawags?
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Reconstruction: 1000 Question: This New York icon was known for his corruption as head of the Tammany Hall. Answer Who is William “Boss” Tweed?
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British-American Relations : 200 Question: This "proclamation", enacted by Parliament before the American Revolution, interfered with colonial claims to the west. Answer What is the Proclamation of 1763?
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British-American Relations: 400 Question: Future president Andrew Jackson became a hero during this final major battle in the War of 1812. Answer What is the Battle of New Orleans?
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British-American Relations: 600 Question: This Act in 1807 stopped all trade between America and other countries and was enacted to protest the British and French violation of United States neutrality. Answer What is the Embargo Act of 1807?
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British-American Relations: 800 Question: The long delayed second front of World War II was launched by British and American troops in this French town. Answer What is Normandy?
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British-American Relations: 1000 Question: This conflict in the early 1800's was said to finally end the so-called American Revolution. Answer What is The War of 1812?
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He Said She Said: 200 Question: He said, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." Answer Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
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He Said She Said: 400 Question: This president once said that, "A house divided against itself cannot stand." Answer Who is Abraham Lincoln?
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He Said She Said: 600 Question: This president referred to Pearl Harbor as, "A day that will live in infamy" Answer Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
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He Said She Said: 800 Question: This early American believed that, "A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing." Answer Who is Alexander Hamilton?
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He Said She Said: 1000 Question: This American general once said, "A true man of honor feels humbled himself when he cannot help humbling others." Answer Who is Robert E. Lee?
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Bonus Question: 5000 pts. Question: This group of fighters attacked American merchant vessels along the coasts of countries like Tripoli. Answer … Who are the Barbary Pirates?
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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!
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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!
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