Jeopardy Modern Wars World War I II Cold War Korea & Vietnam Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Q...
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Jeopardy Modern Wars World War I World War II Cold War Korea & Vietnam Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Final Jeopardy
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Final Jeopardy
$100 Question from H1
• Cause: Iraq Invaded Kuwait• Effect: Kuwait Liberated 1991• Also known as Operation Desert
Storm• Very popular war as it was over
quickly with few US casualties
$100 Answer from H1
What is… The Gulf War
$200 Question from H1
• Cause: Islamic terrorists use fuel-laden airplanes as flying bombs, hitting targets in NYC and DC 9/11/2001
• Effect: US and coalition forces in Afghanistan to drive out Taliban and Al-Qaeda training camps
$200 Answer from H1
What is….
War on Terror
$300 Question from H1
• As a result of the war on terror, the government passed this…
• It gives gov’t more flexibility in hunting down terrorists in the US
• Controversial as some say it interferes with 4th Amendment and privacy rights
$300 Answer from H1
What is… the Patriot Act
$400 Question from H1• US and NATO forces intervene in
a regional conflict on the Balkan peninsula
• Bombing campaign targets mostly Serbia
• Yugoslavia now off the map, replace by Slovenia, Croatia, etc.
$400 Answer from H1
What is….the Balkans Crisis
$500 Question from H1
Cause: belief that Iraq hadWMDs & was conspiringwith terrorist groups to attack US
Effect: Saddam Hussein out; sectarian violence up; insurgency against US launched. George W Bush & Republicans unpopular – more Democrats elected
$500 Answer from H1
What is…
Iraq War
$100 Question from H2• Term used to describe the
fighting in WWI• Resulted from the use of old
strategies with new technology• The new weapon that most
contributed this was the rapid firing machine gun
$100 Answer from H2
What is….
Trench Warfare
$200 Question from H2• This was a major cause of US
entry into WWI• Refers to German policy of
sinking US merchant ships and passenger liners without
warning and without providing for the safety of noncombatants
$200 Answer from H2
What is…
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
$300 Question from H2• This event occurs in Russia in
1917• Vladimir Lenin promises the
Russian people “peace, bread and land”
• Russia pulls out of WWI • Contributes to the 1st Red Scare
in the US
$300 Answer from H2
What is….The Bolshevik Revolution /
Communist Revolution
$400 Question from H2• In this event, black Americans,
in large numbers, left the rural south and moved to the industrial
cities in the north to take defense factory jobs• A second event of the same name
occurs during WWII• Forever changes the racial makeup
of northern cities
$400 Answer from H2
What is ….McCarthyism
What is….
The Great Migration
$500 Question from H2
• Treaty that ended WWI• Extremely harsh on Germany• US never signed as it contained provision for a “League of Nations” which the Senate considered an entangling alliance
$500 Answer from H2
What is …
Treaty of Versailles
$100 Question from H3
•12/7/1941- Coined by FDR as “A day that will live in infamy”.
• Brought US into WWII
$100 Answer from H3
What is …..
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
$200 Question from H3
• Many Japanese – Americans were held in these during WWII (Exec Order 9066)
• The Supreme Court, in Korematsu v. US, upheld this on the grounds that it was a military urgency
$200 Answer from H3
What is … Japanese
Internment (Relocation) Camps
$300 Question from H3• Naval Battle in June 1942 that
marks the major turning point in the war in the Pacific.
• Begins US counter-offensive against Japan
$300 Answer from H3What is ….
The Battle of Midway
$400 Question from H3
• June 6, 1944• Largest amphibious invasion in history.
• opened new front in Europe & paved the way for Allied assault on Germany
$400 Answer from H3
What is….
The Normandy Invasion (aka Operation Overlord or D Day)
$500 Question from H3
• Brought about the end ofWWII and the unconditional surrender of Japan.
• Truman chose this option to save American lives
$500 Answer from H3
What is ….
Atomic Bombs onJapan
$100 Question from H4• Rivalry btwn US and USSR
(no actual major military battles)
• 1945-1991 (approximately)• War of Ideology: Communism
vs Capitalism• Marked by: Space Race,
Nuclear Arms Race
$100 Answer from H4
What is…
The Cold War
$200 Question from H4
US policy to keep communism from spreading. Included following legislation/events etc.
• Truman Doctrine• Marshall Plan• NATO• Korean War• Vietnam War
$200 Answer from H4What is…
Containment
$300 Question from H4
•Marked the beginning ofthe “space race” between
US & USSR in 1957. • led to creation of NASA• led to more advanced math &
science classes in US
$300 Answer from H4What is ….
The Soviet launch of Sputnik satellite 1957
$400 Question from H4• Oct 1962• USSR attempted to place nuclear missiles in Cuba (aimed at US)
• US blockades Cuba• Crisis ends when Soviets remove missiles, US promises not to invade Cuba
• believed to be closest US/USSRever came to nuclear war
$400 Answer from H4What is…
The Cuban Missile Crisis
$500 Question from H4
• This foreign policy gave economic aid to rebuildwar-torn after WWII
• “When the economy looks good, Communism
looks bad”
$500 Answer from H4What is…
The Marshall Plan
$100 Question from H5
In 1950, this newly formed “World Peace” organization authorizedmilitary action against North Koreaafter N. Korea invaded S. Korea in an attempt to unite the Korean peninsula under communism
$100 Answer from H5
What is…
The United Nations
$200 Question from H5• This famous general was fired by
President Truman for insisting on an expansion of the Korean War to include the use of
atomic weapons on China• This event demonstrates that in the US, we have civilian control of
the military
$200 Answer from H5
What is…
Gen. Douglas MacArthur
“In war thereis no substitute
for victory”
$300 Question from H5• Congressional resolution passed in 1964 that authorized military action in SE Asia.
• A response to an “aggressive action” by N. Vietnam against a US ship in the Gulf of Tonkin off the coast of Vietnam
• gave LBJ authorization, without a formal declaration of war by Congress, for the use of "conventional'' military force in Southeast Asia
$300 Answer from H5
What is…
The Gulf Of TonkinResolution
$400 Question from H5• law intended to check the President's
power to commit the US to an armed conflict without the consent of Congress
• requires the President to notify Congress within 48 hrs of committing military action & forbids military from remaining for more than 60 days without an authorization of the use of military force or a declaration of war
$400 Answer from H5What is….
The War Powers Act
$500 Question from H5• The belief that if Vietnam fell to
Communism, other countries in SE Asia would fall as well
• The justification for US entry into the Vietnam War – to contain communism in SE Asia
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$500 Answer from H5
What is…
The Domino Theory
Final Jeopardy• Causes included:• Spanish atrocities against Cuban independence seekers
• USS Maine sunk in Havana harbor• DeLome letter: insults Pres. McKinley
• Results:• US becomes a world power• US gains overseas territories: Guam, Puerto Rico, Philippines
Final Jeopardy Answer
What was ….The Spanish American War 1898
