Jeopardy Turning Points in US History Name that Era Technology Geography & US History Migrations In US History Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Final Jeopardy

$100 Question from H1 These dates represent a turning point in US History. With our victory over the Axis in this horrible conflict, the US emerges as a Superpower, and a rivalry with the USSR begins (The Cold War)

$100 Answer from H1 What is … 1939 (1941)-1945

$200 Question from H1 During this year, our easy victory in the Spanish-American War marks a turning point in US history as the US emerges as a world power with overseas territory (Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines. Cuba gains independence from Spain)

$200 Answer from H1 What is … Remember the Maine! To Hell with Spain! US = World Power with overseas empire!

$300 Question from H1 This year marks a turning point in US History as it marks the beginning of the Space Race. When the USSR launched Sputnik, the US was alarmed into action. NASA was created and math and science curriculum in US schools was emphasized. This year marks another turning point. It marks the year the US won the Space Race by being the first to send a man to the moon!

$300 Answer from H1 What is … & 1969

$400 Question from H1 These dates mark a turning point in US History. With the Allied victory over the Central Powers, the US emerges as a world economic power. After selling military and agricultural goods to the Allies, the US becomes a “creditor” nation, not a debtor nation.

$400 Answer from H1 What is…. 1914(1917)-1918 Doughboys in the Trenches b/c of what new military technology???

$500 Question from H1 This year is considered a turning point in US History as it marks the end of the Cold War. The symbolic end of the Cold War occurred a couple of years earlier with the fall of the Berlin Wall, but this year marks the dissolution of the USSR

$500 Answer from H1 What is …. 1991

$100 Question from H2 The dates of this era are approximately In this era, there was a move away from laissez-faire. Many Americans recognized that rapid industrialization and urbanization had caused problems in society and they demanded that the gov’t take a more active role to fix them. As a result, there are more regulations on business, and reforms that protect against corruption and waste. Women get voting rights too!

$100 Answer from H2 What is …. The Progressive Era

$200 Question from H2 The dates of this era are approximately In this era, the US experienced rapid industrialization, urbanization, western expansion, and the beginnings of political reform. The pro-business, Republican Party-dominated government took a mostly laissez-faire approach to the economy (with the exception of tariffs). Though it is characterized as an era of exciting growth, innovation, and great wealth for some, beneath it were the growing problems of poverty, pollution, and political corruption.

$200 Answer from H2 What is… The Gilded Age

$300 Question from H2 In this era that lasts from approximately , minorities and women fight for and receive more equality and more opportunity. Groups successfully lobbied, protested, and litigated for economic, political and social advancement.

$300 Answer from H2 What is … The Civil Rights & Protest Era

$400 Question from H2 This era, which lasts from , is highlighted by relaxed morals for women, jazz music, a buying spree, the Harlem Renaissance, prohibition and the rise of organized crime.

$400 Answer from H2 What is …. The Roaring 20s

$500 Question from H2 The dates of this era are approximately The highlights of this era include the election of Presidents who favor supply-side economics, the rise of the moral majority, a peace through strength foreign policy, and a war on drugs

$500 Answer from H2 What is …. The Conservative Era

$100 Question from H3 With this technology, like other forms of communication before it such as the telegraph and telephone, people can conduct business quickly across long distances. This allows us to conduct business cheaply too leading to increased globalization

$100 Answer from H3 Who is….. The Internet

$200 Question from H3 The Bessemer Process launched this into a major industry of the Gilded Age and beyond. It had a major effect on the industrialization process, was a crucial element of the Transcontinental RR project, and made skyscrapers possible

$200 Answer from H3 What is…. Steel

$300 Question from H3 This Thomas Edison innovation contributed to a higher standard of living for all Americans by improving home lighting. It also contributed to economic growth in the US by allowing workers to work longer hours.

$300 Answer from H3 What is… The Light Bulb; Electricity

$400 Question from H3 This nonrenewable resource was initially used for Kerosene. Today it is used as a major ingredient in car fuel, plastics, detergent, makeup, fertilizers and pesticides etc. One current controversy over this resource is that its use contributes to “human-caused” global warming

$400 Answer from H3 What is…. Petroleum (oil)

$500 Question from H3 Thanks to innovations that developed from this industry/organization, Americans have enjoyed a higher standard of living. Some products that we enjoy thanks to their efforts are athletic shoes, cordless appliances, cell phones, artificial limbs, firefighting gear, smoke detectors, anti- icing systems, etc…

$500 Answer from H3 What is … Space Technology

$100 Question from H4 This 2005 event devastated the New Orleans area overwhelming the below- sea level location with wind and a storm surge. It was followed by an engineering failure at levees and an inadequate gov’t response at all levels

$100 Answer from H4 What is ….Hurricane Katrina

$200 Question from H4 This occurred during the Great Depression. Human Geographic Factors such as irresponsible farming techniques and a Physical Geographic Factor, namely prolonged drought, led to this event. It led to many Great Plains farmers leaving the region in search of better agricultural opportunities in west coast States.

$200 Answer from H4 What is …. The Dust Bowl

$300 Question from H4 Challenges to the construction of this shortcut between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans included HUMAN GEOGRAPHIC FACTORS (mosquito filled swamps that caused malaria) and PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHIC FACTORS (heavy jungle; large trees; hot, humid climate; tidal and elevation differences on the Atlantic and Pacific sides)

$300 Answer from H4 What is….The Panama Canal

$400 Question from H4 During the Gilded Age, many Americans moved into this geographically challenging region. Compared to other parts of the US, this is dry and treeless. People adapted to life here by building homes out of sod. Innovations such as the windmill to extract water from deep wells, and barbed wire for fencing, made life bearable. The miners, ranchers and farmers helped settle this region.

$400 Answer from H4 What is …. The Great Plains

$500 Question from H4 Renowned as the richest gold strike in North American mining history, this event set off a “stampede” of over 100,000 people on a dangerous journey from Alaska to the gold fields of Canada’s Yukon Territory between 1896 and The trek was complicated by the physical geographic challenges of mountainous terrain and cold climate that caused many to give up.

$500 Answer from H4 What is… The Klondike Gold Rush

$100 Question from H5 This refers to movement into the Great Plains region during the Gilded Age. To some, it represents “Manifest Destiny accomplished” as it populates the remaining US territories. Many were pulled here by the Homestead Act and mining opportunities. Travel to the region was made possible by the Transcontinental RR, and new technology such as barbed wire, and windmills made life bearable. This migration led to the last Indian Wars and the US Reservation Policy

$100 Answer from H5 What is…. Westward Expansion

$200 Question from H5 This term applies to industrial growth in the southern states that began after WWII. With newer factories and less union influence, many businesses left the northeastern states for this place, and the former industrial area of the northeast is now referred to as the Rust Belt

$200 Answer from H5 What is… The Sun Belt

$300 Question from H5 Push-pull factors contribute to this event that is responsible for populating the United States.

$300 Answer from H5 What is… Immigration

$400 Question from H5 This occurred during both WWI and WWII. It involves the movement of many Southern, rural black Americans and other minorities to cities to take advantage of wartime, higher paying factory work

$400 Answer from H5 What is… The Great Migration

$500 Question from H5 This refers to the movement of a population from the country to the city

$500 Answer from H5 What is…. Urbanization

Final Jeopardy oil cartel made up of Oil Producing Companies Have power to control world oil prices In 1973, organized an embargo of Oil to the US causing prices to rise and an economic recession

Final Jeopardy Answer What is …. OPEC : Organization Of Oil Exporting Countries