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Jeopardy. Choose a category. You will be given the answer. You must give the correct question. Click to begin. Choose a point value. Choose a point value. Click here for Final Jeopardy. WWI. 1920’ & Depression. WWII. Cold War. Civil Rights & The 60’s. Vietnam & 1970’s. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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WWI1920’

&Depression

Cold WarCivil Rights

&The 60’s

Vietnam&

1970’s

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WWII

President During WWI

Woodrow Wilson

This telegram helped to push

America to enter the war

Zimmerman Telegram

General in charge of US forces during WWI

John “Black Jack” Pershing

This flu, following WWI wiped out nearly 50 million

world wide

Spanish Flu

This pet project of Wilson’s 14 Points was rejected by the

US Senate

League of Nations

Name one of the Presidents during

the 20’s

Harding, Coolidge, or Hoover

The new freedom experienced by women earned

them this nickname

Flappers

This tariff, enacted to help boost the American

Economy during Hoover’s Admin. Had the opposite

effect

Haley-Smoot Tariff

The WPA stands for

Works Progress Administration

The Judicial Procedures Reform Bill of 1937, also known as Court Packing,

attempted to add how many new justices to the

Supreme Court

6

He was the Supreme Commander of Europe (and later US President) that led US forces during

D-Day

Eisenhower

This agreement, or charter, between

the US and Britain stated the goals for a post war world

Atlantic Chater

Name of the project, led by

Oppenheimer, that created the Atomic

Bomb

Manhattan Project

Name one city in Japan where the

Atomic Bomb was dropped

Nagasaki or Hiroshima

The boat, carrying Jews seeking

asylum in the US was forced to

return to Europe

USS St. Louis

His plan, called for US loans to Europe to help rebuild and

stem the tide of Communism

Marshall (Plan)

He was convicted of perjury during

testimony in which he was accused of

being a spy

Alger Hiss

What was the name of the news

anchor that challenged McCarthy

Edward R. Murrow

This theory suggested that once communism

took hold in one area of the world, surrounding

nations would follow

Domino Theory

This House of Reps. Committee held

investigations of the spread of communism, especially in Hollywood

HUAC

Her refusal to give up her bus seat led to the Montgomery

Bus Boycott

Rosa Parks

This key piece of legislation

effectively ended Jim Crow

Civil Rights Act of 1964

America’s promise not to invade Cuba

ended this crisis

Cuban Missile Crisis

This controversial leader took over

SNCC in 1967 and later joined the Black Panthers

Stokely Carmichael

Medicaid, education reform, welfare, were all part of LBJ’s…

Great Society

This resolution gave LBJ the

authority to protect S. Vietnam

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

Name the reporters who tirelessly pursued the Watergate Scandal

for the Washington Post

Woodward and Berstien

This stratgey of turning over combat operation to the S.

Vietnamese was known as

Vietnamization

Name one event that occurred

during the turbulent year of

1968

Columbia, MLK and Kennedy,

TET, LBJ rejects nomination, etc

The Strategic Arms Limitation Talks are also known as

SALT I & II

Make your wager

In American History two presidents, Andrew

Johnson and Bill Clinton, have been Impeached.

What was the name of the intern that led to

Clinton’s impeachment

Monica Lewinsky