American HistoryRound 1

American HistoryThe Cold War World War II Reconstruction British-

American Relations

He Said She Said

200 200 200 200 200

400 400 400 400 400

600 600 600 600 600

800 800 800 800 800

1000 1000 1000 1000 1000

Bonus Question: 5000 pts

The Cold War: 200

• Question:• It was at this University the National Guard

fired upon college students in an antiwar protest in 1970

• Answer• What is Kent State?

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The Cold War: 400

• Question:• These treaties between the United States and

the USSR limited ballistic missiles and other weapons during the Cold War

• Answer• What are the SALT Treaties?

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The Cold War: 600

• Question:• The Vietnam and Korean Wars took place

fearing the spread of communism through the use of this American policy.

• Answer:• What is containment?

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The Cold War: 800

• Question:• This unsuccessful invasion proceeded the

Cuban Missile Crisis and was an attempt to overthrown the government of Fidel Castro.

• Answer• What is The Bay of Pigs?

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The Cold War: 1000

• Question:• This was a permanent relaxation of

international affairs between the U.S., China, and Russia during the Cold War.

• Answer• What is Détente?

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World War II: 200

• Question:• This Japanese air attack was an effort to

dismantle the United States navy in the early 1940's.

• Answer• What is Pearl Harbor?

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World War II: 400

• Question:• Japanese-American located on the West Coast

were relocated to these during the 2nd World War.

• Answer• What are Internment Camps?

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World War II: 600

• Question:• This was America's technological, industrial,

scientific and financial effort to create the bombs that destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

• Answer• What is the Manhattan Project?

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World War II: 800

• Question:• This “act” used in the early 1940's allowed the

British to borrow American arms and eventually ended American neutrality in the war.

• Answer• What is the Lend-Lease Act?

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World War II: 1000

• Question:• This fictional female led the six-million woman

push to maintain American productivity by replacing soldiers at their place of work.

• Answer• Who is Rosie the Riveter?

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Reconstruction: 200

• Question:• This group, supported and formed by

Confederate officers, was dedicated to suppressing blacks in society.

• Answer• What is the Ku Klux Klan?

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Reconstruction: 400

• Question:• These were laws passed by the Andrew

Johnson administration after the Civil War to keep blacks as a semi-free people.

• Answer• What are the black codes?

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Reconstruction: 600

• Question:• This constitutional amendment states that no

one should be denied the right to vote because of race, color or any previous condition of servitude.

• Answer• What is the Fifteenth Amendment?

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Reconstruction: 800

• Question:• Also pirate slang, this group of people held

most of the political offices in the Reconstruction governments of the south.

• Answer• What are scalawags?

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Reconstruction: 1000

• Question:• This New York icon was known for his

corruption as head of the Tammany Hall.• Answer• Who is William “Boss” Tweed?

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British-American Relations: 200

• Question:• This "proclamation", enacted by Parliament

before the American Revolution, interfered with colonial claims to the west.

• Answer• What is the Proclamation of 1763?

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British-American Relations: 400

• Question:• Future president Andrew Jackson became a

hero during this final major battle in the War of 1812.

• Answer• What is the Battle of New Orleans?

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British-American Relations: 600

• Question:• This Act in 1807 stopped all trade between

America and other countries and was enacted to protest the British and French violation of United States neutrality.

• Answer• What is the Embargo Act of 1807?

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British-American Relations: 800

• Question:• The long delayed second front of World War II

was launched by British and American troops in this French town.

• Answer• What is Normandy?

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British-American Relations: 1000

• Question:• This conflict in the early 1800's was said to

finally end the so-called American Revolution.• Answer• What is The War of 1812?

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He Said She Said: 200

• Question:• He said, “The only thing we have to fear is fear

itself."• Answer• Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?

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He Said She Said: 400

• Question:• This president once said that, "A house

divided against itself cannot stand."• Answer• Who is Abraham Lincoln?

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He Said She Said: 600

• Question:• This president referred to Pearl Harbor as, "A

day that will live in infamy"• Answer• Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?

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He Said She Said: 800

• Question:• This early American believed that, "A national

debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing."

• Answer• Who is Alexander Hamilton?

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He Said She Said: 1000

• Question:• This American general once said, "A true man

of honor feels humbled himself when he cannot help humbling others."

• Answer• Who is Robert E. Lee?

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Bonus Question: 5000 pts.

• Question:• This group of fighters attacked American

merchant vessels along the coasts of countries like Tripoli.

• Answer• …• Who are the Barbary Pirates?

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Daily Double

The Winner Of The Last RoundWrite Down How Much Money

You Are Willing To RiskIf You get the Question write you win that money

If you get it wrong you Loss the money!

Daily Double

The Winner Of The Last RoundWrite Down How Much Money

You Are Willing To RiskIf You get the Question write you win that money

If you get it wrong you Loss the money!