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Tie Breaker…. What was the day the stock market crashed known as? & what was the exact date? 10 extra points Who was the worst president of the early 1900s? Justify your answer. Black Tuesday – October 29 th , 1929. Rules of Jeopardy
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Tie Breaker… • What was the day the stock market crashed known as? & what was the exact date? • 10 extra points • Who was the worst president of the early 1900s? Justify your answer Black Tuesday – October 29th, 1929
Rules of Jeopardy • Everyone will work in pairs or groups of 3, with one recording paper for each group. • 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… • The team with the most points wins…. A homework pass • 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 • 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…
This famous ship helped spark American involvement in WW1 when it was sunk, with American passengers aboard, was sunk by a German u-boat? Category 1 – 10 points The Lusitania
What side did the US fight on in WW1? Name at least 3 reasons why the US formed an alliance with this side. • The Allies (Great Britain, Italy & France). • Zimmerman Note, Unrestricted submarine warfare, our existing economic relationship with GB & France Category 1 – 20 points
What is self determination and what country was famously denied this at the Paris Peace Conference? -The rights of a people to create their own laws/ country without outside interference. Germany Category 1 – 30 points
What was the League of Nations and how did the US government respond to it’s creation? - Category 1 – 40 points The League was part of Wilson’s 14 points for how peace should be achieved after the war. The League was a mutual defense agreement that the US never joined, mostly due to a large group of senators called the Irreconcilables.
Directly after WW1 this specific event was a result of rising fears of a Bolshevik or Anarchist Revolution in the US? • The Palmer Raids • Category 1 – 50 points
After WW1 the US gave loans to a number of nations making the US a _____________? - Creditor Nation Category 2 – 10 points
This refers to a period of time in which stock prices rise. Category 2 – 20 points A Bull Market
How did Henry Ford’s invention of the assembly line change America? • Increased production, more jobs in factories, Great Migration due to labor demand, Consumer Revolution…. • Category 2 – 30 points
What American Presidential candidate promised a ‘return to normalcy’ if he was elected? • 10 extra points if you can identify one of the scandals his presidency was known for. • - Warren G. Harding • Category 2 – 40 points
1. What was the name of the old fashion/ order morality that ‘new’ women of the 1920s rejected? What were these new women called? • - Victorian style/ morality • Flappers • Category 2 – 50 points
What were the people who grew up in the 1920s & who often were deeply impacted by WW1 called? Category 3 – 10 points “The Lost Generation”
What organization(s) was/(were) created as a result of Prohibition? What did a bootlegger do? - Organized crime ---- illegally produced and sold alcohol Category 3 – 20 points
What terrorist organization promoted violence and grew in membership during the 1920s? Category 3 – 30 points The KKK
How did the Immigration Act of 1924 limit immigration to the US? • Quota System • Category 3 – 40 points
Define Fundamentalism and identify the event that challenged this idea? • People who believed in old traditions and ideas (such as creationism) and fought against Modernism in the 20s. • The Scopes Trial • Category 3 – 50 points
When investors rush to sell all of their shares this can create a _____________ • Category 4 – 10 points • Stock Market Crash
How did Farmers contribute to the creation of the Dust Bowl? - By continuing to plow up top soil and remove the protective prairie grass during a Dought. Category 4 – 20 points
What tariff practicly stopped all international trade into and out of the US during the 1930s? -The Hawley-Smoot Tariff Category 4 – 30 points
How was living in Rural America different from living in Urban America during the Great Depression? (list at least 3 answers) Category 4 – 40 points - Falling commodity prices starting in the 20s - Growing debt - Farm foreclosures - Drought - Migration - Repatriation (especially Mexican migrants)
Name & Define the economic philosophy that FDR embraced. Category 4 – 50 points Keynesian Economics – more government intervention in the economy during an economic downturn, government spending should increase
Define Trickle Down Economics - The idea that investing in big business and wealthy people would reach the people at the bottom of the economic ladder. Category 5 – 10 points
Define Inflation - The decline in the value of $ Category 5 – 20 points
Buying something by paying a percentage and borrowing the rest of the cost. Category 5 – 30 points Buying on Margin
What were the names of the three groups of Senators regarding the Treaty of Versailles? And what did each stand for? • Internationalist – sign the treaty & join the league of nations • Reservationist – change the treaty to remove article X (ten) but join LoN • Irreconcibles – Reject the treaty no matter what b/c it violated American sovereignty • Category 5 – 40 points
What were the names of the two organizations that rapidly mobilized the US for WW1? What did each do? Category 5 – 50 points CPI – Committee of Public Information – promoted support for the war effort WIB – War Industries Board – oversaw the shift in production to war time goods (ex: car companies now make troop transport vehicles)
