3. MODERN US HISTORY JEOPARDY 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 World War II War in the Pacific 1950’s 1960’s Civil Rights Double Jeopardy Final Jeopardy

4. WORLD WAR II FOR 100: He was the leader of Germany during World War II

5. WORLD WAR II for 100 points: Answer: Hitler

6. WORLD WAR II for 200 points: Name the three major countries that made up the Axis Powers

7. WORLD WAR II FOR 200 points: Answer: Germany, Italy, and Japan

8. WORLD WAR II: for 300 points: What 4 major countries made up the allies

9. WORLD WAR II: for 300 points: Answer: United States; Great Britain, France, Russia

10. WORLD WAR II for 400 points: Code name for the allied invasion of France

11. WORLD WAR II for 400 points: Answer: D-Day

12. WORLD WAR II for 500 points: Nazi Germany’s systematic murder of European Jews

13. WORLD WAR II for 500 points: Answer: Holocaust

14. WAR IN THE PACIFIC for 100 points: The event that sparked U.S. involvement in World War II

15. WAR IN THE PACIFIC for 100 points: Answer: Pearl Harbor attack

16. WAR IN THE PACIFIC for 200 points: Strategy that involved selectively attacking specific enemy held islands and bypassing others

17. WAR IN THE PACIFIC for 200 points: Answer: Island hopping

18. WAR IN THE PACIFIC for 300 points: Code name for the project that developed the atomic bomb

19. WAR IN THE PACIFIC for 300 points: Answer: Manhattan Project

20. WAR IN THE PACIFIC for 400 points: This president made the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan

21. WAR IN THE PACIFIC for 400 points: Answer: Truman

22. WAR IN THE PACIFIC for 500 points: Name the two cities that atomic bombs were dropped on

23. WAR IN THE PACIFIC for 500 points: Answer: Nagasaki and Hiroshima

24. THE 1950’s for 100 points: Theory that if one country fell to communism other countries would follow

25. THE 1950’s for 100 points : Answer: Domino Theory

26. THE 1950’s for 200 points : Wisconsin Senator that fueled the Red Scare in the United States

27. THE 1950’s for 200 points : Answer: Joseph McCarthy

29. THE 1950’s for 300 points: This was the result of the Korean War (Conflict)

30. THE 1950’s for 300 points: Answer: Korea remained divided at the 38 th parallel as it was before the war

31. THE 1950’s for 400 points: A list circulated among employers containing the names of persons who should not be hired

32. THE 1950’s for 400 points: Answer: Blacklists

33. THE 1950’s for 500 points: This country was responsible for the invasion that started the Korean War (Conflict)

34. THE 1950’s for 500 points: Answer: North Korea

35. THE 1960’s for 100 points: The two candidates in the 1960 election

36. THE 1960’s for 100 points: Answer: Richard Nixon JFK

37. THE 1960’s for 200 points: President Kennedy’s plan to improve the economy, assist the poor, and advance the space program

38. THE 1960’s for 200 points: Answer: New Frontier

39. THE 1960’s for 300 points: This group decided that the assassination of JFK was the work of a lone assassin

40. Answer: The Warren Commission THE 1960’s or 300 points:

41. THE 1960’s for 400 points: Failed invasion of Cuba during the 1960’s

42. THE 1960’s for 400 points: Answer: Bay of Pigs

43. THE 1960’s for 500 points: Barrier built by East Germany to separate Communist and non-Communist Berlin

44. THE 1960’s for 500 points: Answer: Berlin Wall

45. CIVIL RIGHTS for 100 points: Believed that change should occur peacefully

46. CIVIL RIGHTS for 100 points: Answer: Martin Luther King Jr.

47. CIVIL RIGHTS 200 points: Law aimed at reducing the barriers that prevented African Americans from voting

48. CIVIL RIGHTS for 200 points: Answer: Voting Rights Act of 1965

49. CIVIL RIGHTS for 300 points: Groups of civil rights activists tested southern states’ compliance to the Supreme Court ban of segregation on buses

50. CIVIL RIGHTS or 300 points: Answer: Freedom Rides

51. CIVIL RIGHTS for 400 points: Believed in gaining civil rights by any means necessary; leader of the Black Nationalist movement

52. CIVIL RIGHTS for 400 points: Answer: Malcolm X

53. CIVIL RIGHTS for 500 points: Organization founded in 1942 to promote racial equality through a peaceful means

54. CIVIL RIGHTS for 500 points: Answer: CORE

55. ECONOMICS Double Jeopardy Double Jeopardy 200 400 600 800 1000 200 400 600 800 1000 200 400 600 800 1000 200 400 600 800 1000 200 400 600 800 1000 Vietnam War 1970’s 1980’s 1990’s The Present Final Jeopardy Back to Jeopardy – round 1

56. VIETNAM for 200: Communist guerillas in South Vietnam

57. VIETNAM for 200: Answer: Viet Cong

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

59. VIETNAM for 400: Answer: Hawks and Doves

61. VIETNAM for 600: Incident in which American soldiers killed women, children, and old men in a Vietnamese village

62. VIETNAM WAR for 600: Answer: My Lai

63. VIETNAM WAR for 800: Herbicide dropped by pilots on dense jungle landscapes to expose Viet Cong hiding places

64. VIETNAM WAR for 800: Answer: Agent Orange

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

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

67. 1970’s for 200: President elected in 1968

68. 1970’s for 200: Answer: Nixon

69. 1970’s for 400: Nixon’s Secretary of State

70. 1970’s for 400: Answer: Henry Kissinger

71. 1970’s for 600: Scandal in which Nixon had people spy on the Democratic National Convention

72. 1970’s for 600: Answer: Watergate

73. 1970’s for 800: President after Nixon

74. 1970’s for 800: Answer: Gerald Ford

75. 1970’s for 1000: President after Gerald Ford

76. 1970’s for 1000: Answer: Jimmy Carter

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

78. THE 1980’S for 200: Answer: Ronald Reagan

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

80. THE 1980’s for 400: Answer: George H.W. Bush

81. THE 1980’s for 600: Theory that tax reductions will increase investment and encourage business growth

82. THE 1980’s for 600: Answer: Supply-side economics (trickle down)

83. THE 1980’s for 800: Name the space shuttle that exploded in midair less than two minutes after takeoff in 1986

84. THE 1980’s for 800: Answer: Challenger

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

86. THE 1980’s for 1000: Answer: George H.W. Bush

87. THE 1990’s for 200: This event started the Persian Gulf War

88. THE 1990’s for 200: Answer: Iraq invaded Kuwait

90. THE 1990’s 400: Name the policy of open/free trade between the U.S., Canada, and Mexico created in the late 1990’s

91. THE 1990’s for 400: Answer: NAFTA

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

93. THE 1990’s for 600: Answer: Bill Clinton

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

95. THE 1990’s for 800: Answer: H. Ross Perot

96. THE 1990’s for 1000: Name the two crimes that President Clinton was impeached for

97. THE 1990’s for 1000: Answer: Perjury and Obstruction of Justice

98. THE PRESENT for 200: Name the Presidential Candidate who won the larger percentage of the popular vote in the 2000 election

99. THE PRESENT for 200: Answer: Al Gore

100. THE PRESENT for 400: Name the Presidential Candidate that won the larger percentage of electoral votes in the 2000 election

101. THE PRESENT for 400: Answer: George W. Bush

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

103. THE PRESENT for 600: Answer: Florida

104. THE PRESENT for 800: Name the two candidates in the 2004 Presidential election

105. THE PRESENT for 800: Answer: George W. Bush and John Kerry

106. THE PRESENT for 1000: In 2006, this woman became the first female to hold the position of Speaker of the House

107. THE PRESENT for 1000: Answer: Nancy Pelosi

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109. At the end of World War II, the United States developed a policy known as containment. What is containment?

110. Answer: a policy of resisting further expansion of communism around the world