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 pass4.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 value Answer Total Group score

Powerpoint JeopardyRevolution and Constitution

Expansion and Causes of Civil

War

Civil War and Reconstruction

Amendments, laws and

Compromises

Urbanization/ Immigration/ Progressive

10 10 10 10 10

20 20 20 20 20

30 30 30 30 30

40 40 40 40 40

50 50 50 50 50

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 lawsJudiciary – interpret the lawsLegislature – 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 pointsMissouri 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 19th Amendment?

Category 4 – 10 points

Women get the right to vote

What does the 15th 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

13th 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 pointsPeople 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