Final Jeopardy What was the name of ‘Lee’s Perfect Battle’?

Rules of Jeopardy 1.Everyone will work in pairs or groups of 3, with one recording paper for each group. 2. Your recording paper should have your names at the top and a table that contains, the category of the question, the point value, the answer and the total point for the team. (see example) This table must be turned in at the end of class… 3.The team with the most points wins…. A homework pass 4.If anyone should shout out an answer then everyone in the class will not be eligible to receive the points for the question And your group will lose 50 points 5. How the points add up  Correct answers add the assigned point value to your total score, incorrect answer subtract that point value from your score… Question Category Point valueAnswerTotal Group score

Powerpoint Jeopardy Revolution and Constitution Expansion and Causes of Civil War Civil War and Reconstruction Amendments, laws and Compromises Urbanization/ Immigration/ Progressive

What document listed the grievances that the Colonists had against King George? Category 1 – 10 points The Declaration of Independence

What event prompted the British to impose direct taxes on the colonists? Category 1 – 20 points The French and Indian War

Challenge Card Category 1 – 30 points

What are the three branches of government and what is their role in the laws of the United States. Category 1 – 40 points Executive – enforces the laws Judiciary – interpret the laws Legislature – create the laws

Who was Daniel Shay and what role did he have in American History? Category 1 – 50 points Shay began a ‘rebellion’ b/c he felt that the debtor’s court in Massachusetts was unfairly imprisoning people. This action made the government under the Articles of Constitution seem weak.

Who did the US buy the Louisiana purchase from? Category 2 – 10 points France… Napoleon

Challenge Card? Category 2 – 20 points

Why was Kansas “Bleeding’ in 1856 and what abolitionist contributed to the violence? Category 2 – 30 points Popular sovereignty and John Brown

What war expanded the territory of the United States into the western territories? Category 2 – 40 points Mexican American War

What Compromise stated that 1 slave state would be admitted to the United States for every 1 free state, to ensure a balance in Congress? Category 2 – 50 points Missouri Compromise

Challenge Card Category 3 – 10 points

What was the one lasting positive effect of reconstruction? And what group was responsible for it? Category 3 – 20 points Schools for newly freed slaves, by the freedmen’s bureau

What was the Southern Strategy for most of the Civil War? And why? Category 3 – 30 points The offensive Defensive strategy – because the north was the invading force and the southern troops knew the land a lot better than the union forces.

What battle is considered the turning points of the Civil War and why? Category 3 – 40 points Battle of Gettysburg b/c this was the last time that confederate forces would invade the north… beginning of a series of union victories

Challenge Card Category 3 – 50 points

What is the 19 th Amendment? Category 4 – 10 points Women get the right to vote

What does the 15 th Amendment state? Category 4 – 20 points African American Males get the right to vote

Challenge Card Category 4 – 30 points

What eliminates slavery in the US? Category 4 – 40 points 13 th Amendment

What did the Compromise of 1877 achieve? Category 4 – 50 points AKA the Corrupt Bargain – ended reconstruction. Hayes would be elected president and federal troops would be removed from the south

What impact did the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire have the progressive era? Category 5 – 10 points People became more aware of working condition and instituted fire safety and workers compensation laws

Who was Alice Paul? Category 5 – 20 points Woman suffragette who sought an amendment to the constitution giving women the right to vote

What were the goals of the progressive era? Category 5 – 30 points To reform the political system, working and living condition, break trusts and ensure consumer safety

Challenge Card Category 5 – 40 points

What were corrupt political organizations called during the Progressive Era? Category 5 – 50 points Political Machines