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People Places Events Programs and Business Ideas Team One Team Two Team Three Team Four Team Five Team Six
People Question for 5 Points The nation’s first ‘trust’ was owned by this man. The company’s name was Standard Oil. Show Answer
People Answer for 5 Points John D. Rockefeller Back to Board
People Question for 10 Points Wife of a president, advocate for women’s rights, made huge gains for civil rights for all people. Show Answer
People Answer for 10 Points Eleanor Roosevelt Back to Board
People Question for 15 Points A muckraker who exposed the inner- workings of the Standard Oil Trust Show Answer
People Answer for 15 Points Ida Tarbell Back to Board
People Question for 20 Points Jazz musician of the 1920’s – trumpet player. Show Answer
People Answer for 20 Points Louis Armstrong Back to Board
People Question for 25 Points Writer who exposed the atrocities of America’s meat-packing industry. Show Answer
People Answer for 25 Points Upton Sinclair “The Jungle” Back to Board
War Question for 5 Points 1. Europe had been fighting for 3 years 2. Russia dropped out bc they were having a revolution 3. The US intercepted a telegram. Show Answer
War Answer for 5 Points Reasons the US got involved in WWI Back to Board
War Question for 10 Points The assassination of __________ caused the first World War. Show Answer
War Answer for 10 Points Archduke Franz Ferdinand Back to Board
War Question for 15 Points The war where the US tried to help the southern part of a country from becoming Communist like the northern part. Show Answer
War Answer for 15 Points Vietnam War Back to Board
War Question for 20 Points War in the 1950s about the spread of communism – one side was supported by China and the other the US. Show Answer
War Answer for 20 Points Korean War Back to Board
War Question for 25 Points In 1895, a war involving Cuba and the rebellion of their people. Show Answer
War Answer for 25 Points Spanish-American War Back to Board
Events Question for 5 Points Increase in birth-rate in the years following WWII. Show Answer
Events Answer for 5 Points Baby Boom Back to Board
Events Question for 10 Points An intense fear of communism and other politically radical ideas – 1950’s. Show Answer
Events Answer for 10 Points Red Scare Back to Board
Events Question for 15 Points 1942 – a battle between the US and Japan in the Pacific… it was a turning point in the war. Show Answer
Events Answer for 15 Points Battle of Midway Back to Board
Events Question for 20 Points A failed attempt of the US Government to overthrow the communist government in Cuba. Seen as an embarrassment to the Kennedy Administration. Show Answer
Events Answer for 20 Points Bay of Pigs Back to Board
Events Question for 25 Points A revolution that ousted the Shah and instituted a government based on strict Muslim Law Show Answer
Events Answer for 25 Points 1979 Iranian Revolution Back to Board
Programs and Business Question for 5 Points Secret American program during WWII to develop an atomic bomb. Show Answer
Programs and Business Answer for 5 Points Manhattan Project Back to Board
Programs and Business Question for 10 Points Business arrangement under which a number of companies unite to try to destroy the competition. Show Answer
Programs and Business Answer for 10 Points Trust Back to Board
Programs and Business Question for 15 Points Group that was organized in an attempt to help the progress of the African American Community… it’s still very active today. Show Answer
Programs and Business Answer for 15 Points National Association for the Advancement of Colored People NAACP Back to Board
Programs and Business Question for 20 Points Formed in 1966 to promote the full participation of women in American Society. Show Answer
Programs and Business Answer for 20 Points National Organization of Women Back to Board
Programs and Business Question for 25 Points Federal agency for the purpose of enforcing laws aimed at maintaining a safe and clean environment. Show Answer
Programs and Business Answer for 25 Points Environmental Protection Agency EPA Back to Board
Acts/Legislation Question for 5 Points The set of laws that made discrimination illegal in schools, in voting and in jobs. Show Answer
Acts/Legislation Answer for 5 Points Civil Rights Act of 1964 Back to Board
Acts/Legislation Question for 10 Points A law aimed at reducing the barriers that prevented African Americans from doing this in part by increasing the federal governments authority to register people. Show Answer
Acts/Legislation Answer for 10 Points Voting Rights Acts of 1965 Back to Board
Acts/Legislation Question for 15 Points Established in 1935 to provide financial security in the form of regular payments to people who cannot support themselves. Show Answer
Acts/Legislation Answer for 15 Points Social Security Act Back to Board
Acts/Legislation Question for 20 Points In 1939 – this act was passed that was designed to keep the US out of future wars. Show Answer
Acts/Legislation Answer for 20 Points Neutrality Act Back to Board
Acts/Legislation Question for 25 Points Passed in 1935 – it aided unions by legalizing collective bargaining. Show Answer
Acts/Legislation Answer for 25 Points Wagner Act Back to Board
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“Big Points” The first artificial satellite to orbit earth, launched by the Soviets in Show Answer
Big Points Answer for Big Points Sputnik I Back to Board
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