Key Events in U.S. History: Cold War and Civil Rights Era

1. Final Jeopardy Jeopardy Cold War Civil Rights Era 50’s & 60’s 70’s & 80’s 90’s-Present $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500

2. Q: What was the goal of the Truman doctrine? $100 Cold War

3. R: $100 Cold War Contain communism

4. Q: What theory drove U.S. policy? $200 Cold War

5. R: $200 Cold War Domino theory

6. Q: What was the name of the plan to build up the economies of Europe, so they wouldn’t be susceptible to communism? $300 Cold War

7. R: Marshall Plan $300 Cold War

8. Q: In what two undeclared wars did the Cold War turn hot? $400 Cold War

9. R: $400 Cold War Korea and Vietnam

10. Q: What action did JFK take and what was the agreement that ended the Cuban missile crisis? $500 Cold War

11. R: $500 Cold War Quarantine of Cuba, U.S.-promise not to invade, USSR- remove missiles

12. Q: $100 Civil Rights Era What was the famous Supreme Court case that integrated public schools?

13. R: $100 Civil Rights Era Brown vs. Board of Education

14. Q: $200 Civil Rights Era What was the first city in the south that integrated public schools?

15. R: $200 Civil Rights Era Little Rock, Ark

16. Q: $300 Civil Rights Era Passage of what two laws represented the highpoint of the movement?

17. R: $300 Civil Rights Era • Civil Rights act • Voting Rights act

18. Q: $400 Civil Rights Era What was the name given to the group who boarded busses for a two week tour to bring attention to segregated interstate busses?

19. R: $400 Civil Rights Era Freedom Riders

20. Q: $500 Civil Rights Era What started MLK’s rise to being the unofficial leader of the movement?

21. R: $500 Civil Rights Era Picked as the leader of the Montgomery bus boycott

22. Q: $100 50’s & 60’s What was the nickname of the summer of 1967?

23. R: $100 50’s & 60’s Summer of Love

24. Q: $200 50’s & 60’s What’s the name of the person that organized migrant workers and led boycotts of farm products?

25. R: $200 50’s & 60’s Cesar Chavez

26. Q: $300 50’s & 60’s Name one of the two actions by Eisenhower in which the federal government took action.

27. R: $300 50’s & 60’s • Sent troops to Little Rock, AK • Interstate Highway System

28. Q: $400 50’s & 60’s What year is considered the most turbulent in U.S. history?

29. R: $400 50’s & 60’s 1968

30. Q: $500 50’s & 60’s Whose pledge was fulfilled on July, 20 1969?

31. R: $500 50’s & 60’s JFK

32. Q: $100 70’s & 80’s What controversial decision did Ford make that hurt him politically?

33. R: $100 70’s & 80’s Pardoned Nixon

34. Q: $200 70’s & 80’s What was Jimmy Carter’s foreign policy based on?

35. R: $200 70’s & 80’s Human Rights

36. Q: $300 70’s & 80’s Ford is the only president NEVER to be?

37. R: $300 70’s & 80’s Elected

38. Q: $400 70’s & 80’s What event made America look weak and hurt president Carter politically?

39. R: $400 70’s & 80’s Iran hostage crisis

40. Q: $500 70’s & 80’s What led to the most widespread protests ever in America?

41. R: $500 70’s & 80’s Secret invasion of Cambodia

42. Q: $100 90’s-Present What was president George H.W. Bush’s famous pledge that he later broke?

43. R: $100 90’s-Present “Read my lips, no new taxes”

44. Q: $200 90’s-Present Deadliest attack in American history?

45. R: $200 90’s-Present 9/11

46. Q: $300 90’s-Present What event led to George H.W. Bush having the highest approval rating and what caused his popularity to decline?

47. R: $300 90’s-Present • Gulf war • Recession

48. Q: $400 90’s-Present What were the two charges against president Clinton in his impeachment trial?

49. R: $400 90’s-Present • Lying to the grand jury • Obstruction of justice

50. Q: $500 90’s-Present Who decided the 2000 president election for the first time in history?