1. US History Double Jeopardy
Review Game – 2nd Semester
Economics
Great Depression
Cold War
LBJ & Vietnam
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2. What is Buying On-Margin?
Economics for 200
Borrowing money to help pay for stocks.
What is Buying On-Margin?
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3. The belief that men and women should be paid equally for equal work
Economics for 400
The belief that men and women should be paid equally for equal work
What is Pay Equity?
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4. Economics for 600
Extra money to spend and an increased number of products to buy led to this American way of life.
What is Consumerism?
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5. Economics for 800
The fact that American workers must now compete for jobs with workers in other countries is an indicator that the US is part of this economy.
What is Global Economy?
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6. Economics for 1000
Farmers saw an increase in this due to the Post-WWI economy.
What is Debts?
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7. Great Depression for 200
Type of Government policy involving giving payments or food to the poor.
What is Direct Relief?
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8. What is The Great Depression?
Great Depression for 400
The availability of easy credit, a farm crisis, and tariffs on foreign goods led to this.
What is The Great Depression?
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9. Great Depression for 600
New Deal policies tried to raise the price of farm goods by reducing these.
What is Surplus crops?
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10. Great Depression for 800
Roosevelt’s first action as President to deal with the worsening Depression.
What is Bank Holiday?
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11. Great Depression for 1000 The longest lasting New Deal policy.
What is Social Security Act?
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12. What is House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)?
Cold War for 200
The organization responsible for rooting out communists living in America
What is House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)?
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13. What is Hot Line (Red phone)?
Cold War for 400
This link between the White House and the Kremlin was created in 1963 to ease Cold War tensions and help improve communications in the event of a political or military crisis.
What is Hot Line (Red phone)?
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14. What is Truman Doctrine?
Cold War for 600
The main goal of this was to restrict the spread of communism after World War II.
What is Truman Doctrine?
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15. Cold War for 800
The Cuban Missile Crisis came to an end when Khrushchev promised to remove the missiles from Cuba in exchange for Kennedy secretly promising to remove missiles from this country.
What is Turkey?
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16. What is Blockade West Berlin?
Cold War for 1000
Western plans to reunify Germany led to this Soviet reaction.
What is Blockade West Berlin?
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17. What is Attending College?
LBJ & Vietnam for 200
Many young men, including Mr. Simmons’s father, avoiding serving in Vietnam by earning a deferment for this.
What is Attending College?
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18. Who is Contain the Spread of Communism?
LBJ & Vietnam for 400
The primary reason the United States was involved in the Vietnam War.
Who is Contain the Spread of Communism?
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19. What is The Great Society?
LBJ & Vietnam for 600
Minorities and the poor were supposed to benefit the most from this social program created by LBJ.
What is The Great Society?
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20. LBJ & Vietnam for 800
This early 1968 event was the first indicator to many Americans that the Vietnam War could not be won.
What is Tet Offensive?
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21. LBJ & Vietnam for 1000
Congress passed this Act after the Vietnam War to limit the president’s authority to wage war.
What is War Powers Act?
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22. What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
Potpourri for 200
This Supreme Court case legalized separate but equal facilities and the passage of ‘Jim Crow’ laws.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
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23. What is Social Security?
Potpourri for 400
As the Baby Boomers age, The US government has had increased difficulty in providing these benefits.
What is Social Security?
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24. Potpourri for 600
Belief that if one country fell to communism the rest of the region will also fall.
What is Domino Theory?
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25. What is Vietnamization?
Potpourri for 800
This plan to bring ‘peace with honor’ ultimately led to the expansion of the Vietnam War into neighboring countries.
What is Vietnamization?
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26. Potpourri for 1000
FDR’s controversial policy to increase the number of Supreme Court justices that failed to become a law.
What is Court-Packing?
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