Unit 4 Jeopardy

1. Unit 4 Jeopardy

2. America Saves the Day Round 1 Depression & New Deal Cold War Kids Duck And Cover America Saves the Day Round 2 Gangstas & Flappers 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5

3. WWI1 Which event sparked World War I? a. the sinking of the Lusitania b. the German-French dispute over Alsace-Lorraine c. Germany’s invasion of Poland d. the assassination of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, Franz Ferdinand Check Your Answer

4. d. the assassination of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, Franz Ferdinand WWI 2 Back to the Game Board

5. WWI for 2 The Selective Service Act was a means of a. getting money to support the war effort. b. getting women to take over jobs formerly done by men. c. drafting young men for the military forces. d. finding jobs for men after they left military service. Check Your Answer

6. WWI for 2 c. drafting young men for the military forces. Back to the Game Board

7. WWI for 3 Under the terms of the Versailles treaty, Germany had to a. give its colonies independence. b. pay reparations to the Allies. c. break up Czechoslovakia. d. give its tanks and artillery to France. Check Your Answer

8. b. pay reparations to the Allies. WWI for 3 Back to the Game Board

9. WWI for 4 An underlying cause of World War I was a. the ongoing dispute over the convoy system. b. the web of alliances European nations created for their defense. c. an alliance between the autocratic rulers of Germany and Russia. d. American insistence on neutrality. Check Your Answer

10. WWI for 4 b. the web of alliances European nations created for their defense. Back to the Game Board

11. WWI for 5 Wilson’s goal for the League of Nations was a. worldwide agricultural aid. b. access to world trade for all nations. c. equality of arms for all nations. d. international security and stability. Check Your Answer

12. WWI for 5 d. international security and stability. Back to the Game Board

13. 20s for 1 Writers James Weldon Johnson and Zora Neale Hurston took part in a movement called a. the Harlem Renaissance. b. the New Negro. c. the Great Migration. d. improvisation. Check Your Answer

14. 20s for b. confident that business would bring continued prosperity. Back to the Game Board

15. 20s for 2 Throughout most of the 1920s, Americans were generally a. worried that the stock market would crash. b. confident that business would bring continued prosperity. c. delighted that wealth was evenly distributed. d. concerned with economic danger signs. Check Your Answer

16. 20s for 2 c. take Native American lands. Back to the Game Board

17. 20s for 3 One result of Prohibition during the 1920s was a. an increase in alcoholism. b. a decline in dancing and socializing. c. the rise of organized crime. d. the creation of urban artistic colonies. Check Your Answer

18. 20s for 3 c. the rise of organized crime. Back to the Game Board

19. 20s for 4 Jazz was brought to northern cities by a. older generations. b. musicians from the Mexico City area. c. southern African Americans. d. World War I veterans. Check Your Answer

20. 20s for 4 c. southern African Americans. Bonus 1 if you name one. Back to the Game Board

21. 20s for 5 The increase in automobiles led to a. western migration b. the Great Migration c. urban sprawl d. an increase in railroads Check Your Answer

22. 20s for 5 c. urban sprawl Back to the Game Board

23. DND for 1 What was one effect of the wage cuts and unemployment of the 1930s? a. The divorce rate nearly tripled. b. Banks pardoned thousands of farm mortgages. c. Hoovervilles sprang up in the nation’s cities. d. Most industries gave top jobs to married women. Check Your Answer

24. DND for 1 c. Hoovervilles sprang up in the nation’s cities. . Back to the Game Board

25. DND for 2 In the short run, the Wagner Act led to a. a rise in union membership and a wave of strikes. b. a decline in union membership. c. rapid unionization of agricultural workers. d. an end to the National Labor Relations Board. Check Your Answer

26. DND for 2 a. a rise in union membership and a wave of strikes Back to the Game Board

27. DND for 3 The Second New Deal aimed to a. relax controls over business. b. slow down legislative activity. c. lower taxes on the rich. d. do more for ordinary Americans. Check Your Answer

28. DND for 3 d. do more for ordinary Americans. Back to the Game Board

29. DND for 4 Not long after Black Tuesday, the stock market crash was affecting a. only those who had invested heavily in stocks. b. wealthy industrialists almost exclusively. c. millions of Americans, many of whom had never owned stocks. d. mainly stockbrokers and banks. Check Your Answer

30. DND for 4 c. millions of Americans, many of whom had never owned stocks. Back to the Game Board

31. DND for 5 The Great Crash led to a. increased factory production. b. a brief period of rising profits. c. higher farm prices. d. unemployment for millions of workers. Check Your Answer

32. DND for 5 d. unemployment for millions of workers Back to the Game Board

33. WWII for 1 Which country had gained control of most of Western Europe by 1940? a. Italy b. Japan c. Germany d. Russia Check Your Answer

34. WWII for 1 c. Germany Back to the Game Board

35. WWII for 2 What was one of the main goals of the Nazis in the 1930s? a. establish the Gestapo b. make all Germans carry identity cards c. get rid of the Jews d. host the Evian Conference Check Your Answer

36. WWII for 2 c. get rid of the Jews Back to the Game Board

37. WWII for 3 During the early years of World War II, the United States a. organized several peace talks between the Allies and the Axis powers. b. stopped trading with all nations at war. c. tried to remain neutral while supplying weapons to Britain and France. d. sent military and economic aid to all nations at war. CheckYourAnswer

38. WWII for 3 c. tried to remain neutral while supplying weapons to Britain and France. Bonus 1 if you can name the policy. Back to the Game Board

39. WWII for 4 The United States was able to loan more than $10 billion to the Allies, thanks to a. the War Trade Board. b. the Eighteenth Amendment. c. Liberty Bonds. d. “dollar-a-year” men and women. Check Your Answer

40. WWII for 4 c. Liberty Bonds. Back to the Game Board

41. WWII for 5 Which of the following took place on D-Day? a. the last fight to get American supplies across the Atlantic to Britain b. the first British and American landings in North Africa c. the start of the Allied invasion of Italy d. the landing of Allied forces on France’s Normandy coast Check Your Answer

42. WWII for 5 d. the landing of Allied forces on France’s Normandy coast . Back to the Game Board

43. Duck for 1 The 1957 launching of Sputnik a. proved the superiority of American technology. b. greatly increased Eisenhower’s popularity. c. plunged the United States into a series of three recessions. d. the Space Race, which caused Congress to increase spending on teaching science and mathematics. Check Your Answer

44. Duck 1 d. the Space Race, which caused Congress to increase spending on teaching science and mathematics. Back to the Game Board

45. Duck for 2 The Berlin airlift was President Truman’s response to the a. reunification of East and West Germany. b. German development of the atomic bomb. c. Soviet blockade of West Berlin. d. construction of the Berlin Wall. Check Your Answer

46. Duck for 2 c. Soviet blockade of West Berlin. Back to the Game Board

47. Duck for 3 As a result of the Korean War, the United States succeeded in a. keeping South Korea free of communism. b. unifying Korea under a democratic government. c. ending communism in Southeast Asia. d. pushing Chinese troops out of North Korea. . Check Your Answer

48. Duck for 3 a. keeping South Korea free of communism Back to the Game Board

49. Duck for 4 At the end of World War II, Korea was divided into a. Southern pro-American government and a Northern pro-Communist government b. a Southern pro-Fascist government and a Northern pro-Communist government c. a Southern pro-Communist government and a Northern pro-American government d. none of the above . Check Your Answer

50. Duck for 4 a. Southern pro-American government and a Northern pro-Communist government Back to the Game Board