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SEMESTER II REVIEW
JEOPARDY!!
Recon- Recon-
Reconstruction
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The Gilded Age
Imperialism and
World War I
The Great Depressio
n and WWII
Civil Rights and the Cold
War
JEOPARDY!
100
• Amendment that said no one can be kept from voting because of race, color or former enslavement
• What was the 15th Amendment• Know the Reconstruction Amendments
– 13th: abolishes slavery– 14th: citizenship and due process– 15th: the right to vote
200
• The system of agriculture characteristic of the southern states during Reconstruction in which a landowner allows tenants to use the land in return for a share of the crop produced.
• What was sharecropping?
300
• This abolished slavery in the North
• What was the Thirteenth Amendment?
• Remember, the Emancipation Proclamation only outlawed slavery in states in rebellion (i.e. the Confederacy).
400
• This Supreme Court case ruled that segregation of public facilities was legal.
• What was Plessy vs. Ferguson?
500
• This Amendment is related to the Civil Rights Act of 1866 and contains the “due process” clause as well as the “equal protection” clause.
• What is the 14th Amendment?
100
• Illegal use of political influence for personal gain
• What graft?
• Can you identify historical examples of graft?
• Why is graft associated with the Gilded Age?
200
• Herbert Spencer’s philosophy of “survival of the fittest” applied to nations and societies.
• What is social darwinism?• BONUS: • How did Gilded Age millionaires use social darwinism to their advantage?
• It was used to justify the accumulation of wealth.
300
• The 16th Amendment that created a new source of income, compensating for lower tariffs.
• What was the creation of the income tax?
400
• The business strategy of buying out raw material producers and distributers used by Andrew Carnegie
• What is vertical integration?
• What is horizontal integration?
500
• This law outlawed the formation of trusts that interfered with free trade.
• What was the Sherman Anti-Trust Act?
100
• The MAIN causes of World War I.• What were…
– Militarism– Alliances– Imperialism– Nationalism
• Explain how each one worked
200
• An addition to the Monroe Doctrine that aimed to keep European influences out of the Western Hemisphere.
• What was the Roosevelt Corollary?
300
• World War I era laws that allowed the government to silence ideas that challenged its authority.
• What were the Espionage and Sedition Acts?
400
• DAILY DOUBLE • Teddy’s Roosevelt’s approach to foreign policy.
• What was “speak softly and carry a big stick”; negotiations always backed by the threat of military force?
500
• This “plan” required that German soldiers defeat France quickly during WWII to avoid a two-front war.
• What is the Schlieffen Plan?
100
• Franklin Roosevelt’s first act as President.
• What was closing the nation’s banks; Bank Holiday?
• Why did Roosevelt do this? What was his objective?
200
• President Hoover’s approach to dealing with the Great Depression.
• What was volunteerism and rugged individualism?
300
• President Truman’s primary goal in dropping the atomic bomb.
• What was to end the war quickly with the fewest casualties?
400
• FDR developed many of the programs of the New Deal. This was the main objective of the AAA or Agricultural Adjustment Act.
• What was to raise prices of farm products?
500
• This nation signed a non-aggression pact with Germany, but eventually fought against Germany during WWII.
• What is the Soviet Union?
100
• President Nixon’s policy used to build up South Vietnamese forces to replace American troops.
• What was Vietnamization?
200
• DAILY DOUBLE• The goal of Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society program.
• What was to alleviate poverty in the United States; using the government to improve the lives of Americans?
• Was it successful?
300
• United States warning to the Soviet Union against military invention in the Middle East.
• What was the Eisenhower Doctrine?
400
• Belief that if Vietnam unified under communism, all of the other Southeast Asian countries would also become communist.
• What was Domino Theory?
500
• As a result of the Vietnam war, this law increased the president’s authority to wage war
• What is the War Powers Act?
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