U.S. History Jeopardy

Presidents

100

President from 1961-1963. He was assassinated in Dallas, TX on November 22, 1963.

John F. Kennedy

200

President from 2009-2017. Became the first African-American president. Signed the Affordable Care Act in 2010.

Barack Obama

300

President from 2001-2009. Was president during the 9/11 terrorist attacks. This president was also criticized for the Iraq War.

George W. Bush

400

President from 1969-1974. Increased relations with China, and was infamously known for the "Watergate" scandal.

Richard Nixon

500

President from 1963-1969. Was known for increasing involvement in the Vietnam War, as well as promoting his "Great Society" programs.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Cold War

100

The theory that if one nation were to fall to communism, other nations would as well.

Domino

200

The failed invasion of Cuba in 1961. It made president Kennedy look weak.

Bay of Pigs

300

Was constructed between East and West Berlin in 1961. Was demolished in 1989.

The Berlin Wall

400

President Truman's economic aid package for Berlin following WW2.

The Marshall Plan

500

The Strategic Defense Initiative. It was proposed by president Ronald Reagan. What was its nickname?

Star Wars

Vietnam

100

Passed by Congress in response to the Gulf of Tonkin incident in 1964.

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

200

A system of required military service that unfairly recruited poor, uneducated Americans. Was used during the Vietnam War.

The Draft

300

A highly flammable, sticky substance used in explosives during the Vietnam War.

Napalm

400

Code names for supporters and opposers of the war.

Hawks and Doves

500

The mass murder of unarmed South Vietnamese civilians on March 16th, 1968 by U.S. Army troops.

Mỹ Lai massacre

1970's-1990's

100

The scandal involving the Nixon administration in 1972. Led to president Nixon's resignation in 1974.

The "Watergate" scandal

200

Crisis involving fifty-two American hostages being held in Iran from 1979-1981.

The Iran Hostage Crisis

300

The cocaine variant that sparked the "War on Drugs" in the 1980's.

Crack

400

Code name for the liberation of Kuwait in 1991 during the Gulf War.

Operation Desert Storm/Shield

500

What began as a project during the Cold War in the 1960's, became ready for consumer use in the 1990's.

The internet