Final Jeopardy

Reconstruction/West/Industrial

100

This group used violence and threats to stop African Americans from exercising their rights.

KKK

200

These were the amendments that improved the rights of African Americans.

13th, 14th, 15th

300

This is a business that is owned by stockholders who invest in the company.

Corporation

400

Name two ways southern states limited the rights of African Americans.

Literacy Tests, Poll Taxes, Grandfather clauses

500

Question: Name three reasons why workers formed labor unions during the late 1800s.

Long hours, unsafe working conditions, child labor

Immigration/Progressives/Imperialism

100

This system was set up to limit the number of immigrants from each country.

Quota System

200

The term that means the building up of an empire by taking over other territories.

Imperialism

300

The three territories the U.S. gained as a result of the Spanish American War were:

Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines

400

Name two important figures during the Women’s Suffrage Movement.

Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Alice Paul, Carrie Chapman Chat

500

Name two popular muckrakers during the Progressive Era.

Jacob Riis, Thomas Nast, Ida Tarbell, Upton Sinclair, Lincoln Steffens

World War I/1920s/Depression

100

Germany used _____________ causing the U.S. to join WWI.

Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

200

This required Germany to pay reparations, take full blame for the war, and reduce its military forces.

Treaty of Versailles

300

A period of cultural accomplishments for African Americans.

Harlem Renaissance

400

President Woodrow Wilson’s speech in which he outlined his plan for peace after WWI.

Fourteen Points

500

The amendment that banned alcohol: The amendment that repealed this amendment: Name of this time period:

18th Amendment 21st Amendment Prohibition

World War II

100

President __________ was blamed for the Great Depression.

Hoover

200

The President that declared a bank holiday during the Depression was :

FDR

300

Farmers during the Great Depression suffered from:

Dust Bowl

400

What beach did the U.S. storm on D-Day?

Omaha

500

Give two reasons why the Great Depression began:

Buying on Credit Banks Failed Stock Market Crash Dust Bowl

World War II/Cold War/Civil Rights

100

The murder of millions of European Jews was called:

Holocaust

200

Give two ways the home front changed during WWII.

Rationing Factories Women in men’s jobs

300

Two important figures during the Civil Rights movement were:

Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr.

400

Conflict between the U.S. and Soviet Union in the post war world was called:

Cold War

500

We got involved in these two wars during the 1950s and 1960s to stop the spread of Communism.

Korean War and Vietnam War