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American History Jeopardy

Test your knowledge of key events and figures in American history from 1865 to the present with this engaging Jeopardy game. Explore topics from the Populist Party to Cold War detente and more!

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American History Jeopardy

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  1. Jeopardy Period 6: 1865-1898 Period 7: 1890-1945 Period 7,pt2 1890-1945 Period 8: 1945-1980 Period 9: 1980-Present $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500 Final Jeopardy

  2. The farmers created this party to call for political reform and a stronger governmental role in America’s economic system. What is the Populist Party? 1 - $100

  3. 1 - $200 • Business leaders defended their status using this. • What is Social Darwinism?

  4. 1 - $300 • List one characteristic of the “New South” • What is agrarian sharecropping and tenant farming, increased industrialization?

  5. 1 - $400 • This challenged capitalism and led to the belief that the rich should economically help the poor. • What is the Gospel of Wealth?

  6. 1 - $500 • Name one womens’ club or self-help group that targeted intellectual development and social and political reform. • What is National American Woman Suffrage Association, Woman’s Christian Temperance Union

  7. 2 - $100 • List two major causes of the Great Depression. • What are credit and market instability?

  8. 2 - $200 • These were the three R’s of FDR’s New Deal. • What are relief, recovery and reform?

  9. 2 - $300 • This person was a radical critic of the New Deal, pushing for more extensive reforms. • Who is Huey Long?

  10. 2 - $400 • This is the name of the American troops that fought during World War I. • What is the American Expeditionary Force?

  11. 2 - $500 • This Supreme Court case resulted in the official restriction on freedom of speech. • What is Schenk v. United States?

  12. 3 - $100 • List two new technologies that improved standards of living during the 1920s. • What are radios, motion pictures and automobiles?

  13. 3 - $200 • This group began to identify with the Democratic Party during and after the New Deal. • Who are African Americans, working class?

  14. 3 - $300 • Name two causes for the beginning of imperialism. • Closing of the frontier, economic motives, competition with other European imperialist countries, racial theories

  15. 3 - $400 • These two immigrants were executed during the 1920s, showing the conflict of native born vs. immigrant. • Who are Sacco and Vanzetti?

  16. 3 - $500 • This event represented America’s foreign policy during the 1920s and was an agreement to outlaw war • What is the Kellogg Briand Pact?

  17. 4 - $100 • This outlawed discrimination based on race, ethnicity or gender • What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

  18. 4 - $200 • This is the name for indirect confrontation during the Cold War. • What is détente?

  19. 4 - $300 • This woman led a campaign to stop the Equal Rights Amendment, which called for social and economic equality for women. • Who is Phillis Schafly?

  20. 4 - $400 • This book was written in response to alarming environmental problems. • What is Silent Spring?

  21. 4 - $500 • This term refers to the relationship between the US military and it’s economy & politics. • What is the Military-Industrial Complex?

  22. 5 - $100 • Reagan developed a friendly relationship with this Soviet leader. • Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?

  23. 5 - $200 • Conservatives enjoyed significant victories in these two areas economically. • What are tax cuts, deregulation of government?

  24. 5 - $300 • Despite Reagan’s attempts to limit welfare programs, these two programs remained popular and flourished. • What are Medicare and Medicaid?

  25. 5 - $400 • This led to questions about civil liberties and human rights during the global war on terror (at home). • What is Patriot Act or Guantanamo Bay?

  26. 5 - $500 • America saw a surge in immigration from this region after 1980. • What is Latin America or Asia?

  27. Final Jeopardy • Type question to appear here • Type answer to appear with a mouse-click here

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