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100
He was president during WWI and sought to make the world “safe for democracy¨.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
100
He signed the 1964 Civil Rights Act into law
Who is Lyndon Johnson?
100
He is the only president to ever resign from office.
Who is Richard Nixon?
100
Triple Jeopardy!
His election was referred to as the Revolution of 1800 because...Who is Thomas Jefferson? Because it was the first peaceful transition of power between 2 political parties.
100
Triple Jeopardy! Describe the ¨illness¨ from which Uncle Sam is suffering, as well as the ¨remedy" FDR and Congress are applying. Was the remedy effective? Provide one piece of historical evidence you could use to argue yes or no. 
What is the Great Depression and the New Deal spending programs?
2nd part of answer lots of options... Ms. Boylan will judge on the spot.
200
He re-established relations with China during the “detente” period of the Cold War.
Who is Nixon?
200
This government pension program was a signature achievement of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal.
What is Social Security?
200
He was president on September 11, 2001.
Who is George W. Bush?
200
Triple Jeopardy! In this year he became the first Republican ever elected President. (Name and year).
Who was Abraham Lincoln in 1860?
200
Name the policy and the president critiqued in this cartoon. Explain the critique.
What is Reaganomics and Ronald Reagan? The critique implies that wealth doesn´t actually ¨trickle down¨ to the middle class and the poor when wealthy people get to pay lower taxes/keep more of their income.
300
This 1964 “incident” led President Lyndon Johnson to increase military force in Vietnam
What was the Gulf of Tonkin Incident?
300
Double Jeopardy! He supported the passage of the Alien and Sedition Acts (1798) in order to suppress political opposition, even though they likely violated this constitutional right.
Who was John Adams? What was the First Amendment?
300
This president often found himself at odds with radical Republicans in Congress over the issue of Reconstruction.
Who was Andrew Johnson?
300
He is the only president in history to have seriously contested the outcome of a presidential election that he lost.
Who is Donald Trump?
300
Double Jeopardy! Name the U.S. President in the political cartoon. Describe the critique made of his administration and provide 1 piece of outside evidence to support the critique.
Who is JFK? The cartoon depicts Kennedy and Soviet Premier Khrushchev arm wrestling with their fingers hovering over nuclear missile launch buttons. This is a critique of the concept of Mutually Assured Destruction, the idea that having nuclear weapons keeps a country safe. Evidence: Cuban Missile Crisis.
400
George Washington´s Farewell speech (1796) famously warned Americans to beware of these two things.
What were foreign entanglements and political parties?
400
This president championed the creation of a national parks system.
Who is Teddy Roosevelt?
400
Double Jeopardy!
Four American presidents have been assassinated. Name all four.
Who are Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, and Kennedy?
400
He is the only president never to have been elected President OR vice president.
Who was Gerald Ford?
400
Name the president depicted in the political cartoon below. Describe the critique being made of his administration AND describe one piece of outside evidence that supports the critique.
Who is Teddy Roosevelt? The cartoon critiques the Roosevelt Corollary the Monroe Doctrine, or the Big Stick policy, both of which proposed a more assertive role for the U.S. in Latin American affairs.
Evidence:
1. Hero of the Spanish American War 2. Built up the U.S. Navy. 3. Intervention in Venezuela, Dominican Republic to collect foreign debt. 4. Panama Canal.
500
This foreign policy, named after the president who inspired it, established that the United States would not support European colonization in the Western Hemisphere. 80+ years later this corollary/addition (also named after a president) added the idea that United States had the sole right to intervene in Latin American affairs.
What is the Monroe Doctrine? (named after James Monroe). What is the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine (named after Teddy Roosevelt).
500
“The business of America is business” describes this president’s business-friendly approach to governing.
Who is Calvin Coolidge?
500
Double Jeopardy! Explain the meaning of the ¨City on a Hill¨ President Ronald Reagan referred to in his 1989 Farewell speech, as well as the the 17th century events that inspired the phrase.
What was the idea that America has a special mission in the world (American Exceptionalism) and must be a moral example to all? Inspired by John Winthrop ´ s speech to his fellow Puritans in 1630 as they set sail for Massachusetts.
500
Richard Nixon appealed to this group of voters, who he believed were dissatisfied with 1960’s radicalism.
Who is the Silent Majority?
500
Double Jeopardy!
Name the president in this political cartoon, the critique being made, and one piece of evidence that supports the critique. 
Who is Andrew Jackson? He is being compared to a King, meaning he has too much power and is undemocratic.
Potential Evidence: He vetoed a lot of legislation. He refused to enforce the Worcester v. Georgia supreme court ruling. He vetoed the recharter of the national bank.