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Final Jeopardy

$100 Question from H1

Soviets placed missile launch sites in Cuba aimed at the US.JFK blockaded Cuba and threatened to invade if the missiles unless soviets withdraw from Cuba.USSR sent ships towards the blockadeClosest the two sides came to actually fighting.

$100 Answer from H1

Cuban Missile Crisis

$200 Question from H1

1500 Cuban exiles trained by the CIA tried to invade Cuba.JFK refused to support invaders with military

Invaders were crushed. 1200 were captured

$200 Answer from H1

Bay of Pigs

$300 Question from H1

Wisconsin Senator who began accusing members of the government and military of being communists.Had to defend his views in front of Congress, were he was exposed for not having any facts.

$300 Answer from H1

Joseph McCarthy

$400 Question from H1

Led the UN forces against the North. Was pushing North Koreans back towards China.Wanted to attack China for their interference.Publically criticized Truman and was fired.

$400 Answer from H1

Douglas MacArthur

$500 Question from H1

Germans wanting to flee communism fled from East Berlin to West Berlin.

Stalin blocked all access to West BerlinUS began to fly supplies over the road blocks.

$500 Answer from H1

Berlin Airlift

$100 Question from H2

Provided financial support to European countries to rebuild after the war.The goal was to bring economic prosperity back to countries.

Communism tends to spread when countries are struggling economically.If people are making money, then communism would not appeal to them.

$100 Answer from H2

Marshall Plan

$200 Question from H2

Called for immediate economic and military aid to Greece, which was threatened by a communist insurrection, and to Turkey, which was under pressure from Soviet expansion in the Mediterranean

U.S. sought to protect those countries from falling under Soviet influence

$200 Answer from H2

Truman Doctrine

$300 Question from H2Strategic U.S. foreign policy of the late 1940s and early 1950s intended to check the expansionist designs of the Soviet Union through economic, military, diplomatic, and political means. It was conceived by George Kennan soon after World War II.

$300 Answer from H2

Containment Policy

$400 Question from H2

The boundary between Soviet-controlled eastern Europe and western Europe.

$400 Answer from H2

Iron Curtain

$500 Question from H2

A state of political tension and military rivalry between nations that stops short of full-scale war, especially that which existed between the United States and Soviet Union following World War II.

$500 Answer from H2

Cold War

$100 Question from H3

Operation Overlord June 6, 1944.3 divisions parachuted behind enemy lines and thousands landed on the shore of FranceOmaha Beach was brutal for AlliesAllies were able to hold an 80 mile strip of France.

$100 Answer from H3

D-Day

$200 Question from H3

US government established a fixed allotments of goods deemed essential for the military.Households received ration books for buying meat, shoes, sugar, coffee, and gas.Grew victory gardens in back yards.

$200 Answer from H3

Rationing

$300 Question from H3

To shift from a peace time society to a fighting society.

$300 Answer from H3

Mobilization

$400 Question from H3

Allowed the US to ship arms and other supplies, without immediate payment, to nations fighting the Axis powers.

$400 Answer from H3

Lend-Lease Policy

$500 Question from H3

The systematic murder or genocide, of Jews and other groups in Europe by Nazis before and during WWII

$500 Answer from H3

Holocaust

$100 Question from H4Supreme Court declared many of FDR’s programs unconstitutional.Wanted to increase the number of judges to 15, with the 6 new judges being FDR supportersMany protested the move and FDR did not follow through with the court packing

$100 Answer from H4

Court Packing Bill

$200 Question from H4

FDR introduced new legislation and a number of programs

Programs were aimed at economic relief and recovery.

$200 Answer from H4

New Deal

$300 Question from H4

Established retirement income for all workers once they reach the age of 65 or disabled

$300 Answer from H4

Social Security Act

$400 Question from H4

Social activist who fought for women’s rights, public housing.Supported the common citizen.Often travelled I the place of FDR because of his disability.

$400 Answer from H4

Eleanor Roosevelt

$500 Question from H4Harshest critic of FDR Was governor of Louisiana

Wanted redistribution of wealth, taking $ away from rich and giving to poor.No one could make over 1 million a year, the rest would go to the government.Assassinated

$500 Answer from H4

Huey Long

$100 Question from H5

Cultural movement in NYC, African American art, literature and music flourished.

$100 Answer from H5

Harlem Renaissance

$200 Question from H5Most Famous of all Renaissance writers. Wrote about the black experience and reminded readers of their African heritage.

$200 Answer from H5

Langston Hughes

$300 Question from H5Tin Pan Alley referred to the various music homes were NYC songwriters and musicians composed and published songs.

Who was the most famous musician from Tim Pan Alley?

$300 Answer from H5

Irving Berlin

$400 Question from H5

Technology led to agricultural overproductionPoor farming techniques combined with a massive droughts devastated farmers.Lack of crops led to the _________.

Storms that caused enormous clouds of dust

$400 Answer from H5

Dust Bowl

$500 Question from H5Many homeless live together in makeshift shelters called

$500 Answer from H5

Hoovervilles

Final Jeopardy

The four factors that contributed to the Great Depression.

Final Jeopardy Answer1. Overproduction and under consumption

2. Consumerism

3. Buying on Margin

4. Stock Market Crash of 1929