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1920s (Jazz Age) - 100 Points

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• What was the illegal manufacture, transportation,
  or sale of alcohol in the 1920s?

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1920s (Jazz Age) - 200 Points

• Question
• What happened in October 1929 that ended the
  prosperity of the 1920s?

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1920s (Jazz Age) - 300 Points

• Question
• What was the good times enjoyed by Americans in
  the 1920s?

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1920s (Jazz Age) - 400 Points

• Question
• What was the fear after World War I that the
  communists were trying to start a revolution in
  the United States?

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1920s (Jazz Age) - 500 Points

• Question
• What was the court case in Tennessee in 1925 on
  the teaching of evolution in the public schools?

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Great Depression - 100 Points

• Question
• What is a time of economic decline with a sharp
  drop in business activity?

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Great Depression - 200 Points

• Question
• What happened when banks could not pay depositors
  their money because the banks had loaned out the
  money?

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Great Depression - 300 Points

• Question
• What was the program of President Roosevelt to
  get the United States out of the depression of
  the 1930s?

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Great Depression - 400 Points

• Question
• What was the legislation passed in 1935 to
  provide money to single parents, disabled, and
  retired Americans?

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Great Depression - 500 Points

• Question
• What agency was created during the 1930s to
  insure checking and saving accounts in banks
  against loss?

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World War II - 100 Points

• Question
• What was the attack by Japan that caused the
  United States to enter World War II?

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World War II - 200 Points

• Question
• What was the invasion Allied troops of France on
  June 6, 1944 (D-Day)?

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World War II - 300 Points

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• What was the imprisonment, torture, and execution
  of more that 6 million Jews by Nazi Germany?

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World War II - 400 Points

• Question
• What Japanese cities did the United States drop
  atomic bombs on to end World War II?

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World War II - 500 Points

• Question
• What U.S. victory was the turning point of World
  War II in the Pacific Ocean?

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World War II at Home - 100 Points

• Question
• What was used the describe what was happening
  within the United States during World War II?

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World War II at Home - 200 Points

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• What was the treatment of Americans of Asian
  descent during World War II?

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World War II at Home - 300 Points

• Question
• What was the limiting the use of rubber,
  gasoline, oil, sugar, butter, and meat during
  World War II?

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World War II at Home - 400 Points

• Question
• What weapon did President Truman use against
  Japan to end World War II in the Pacific?

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World War II at Home - 500 Points

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• What provided World War II veterans with aid in
  going to school, starting a business, or buying a
  home?

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Cold War - 100 Points

• Question
• What policy promised U.S. aid to any nation
  threatened by communism after World War II?

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Cold War - 200 Points

• Question
• What U.S. policy helped to rebuild Western Europe
  after World War II?

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Cold War - 300 Points

• Question
• What was the mutual defense pact among the United
  States and Western European nations to contain
  the spread of communism?

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Cold War - 400 Points

• Question
• What was the fear of communists in the U.S.
  government in the 1950s?

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Cold War - 500 Points

• Question
• What was the Russian satellite launched in 1957
  that began the space race?

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Civil Rights Movement - 100 Points

• Question
• Who was the minister and leader of the civil
  rights movement who won a Nobel Peace Prize and
  was assassinated in 1968?

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Civil Rights Movement - 200 Points

• Question
• What was the U.S. Supreme Court case that
  required the integration of the public schools in
  the United States?

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Civil Rights Movement - 300 Points

• Question
• What amendment adopted in 1870 extended the right
  to vote to African American males?

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Civil Rights Movement - 400 Points

• Question
• What amendment adopted in 1868 defined U.S.
  citizenship and provided for equal protection
  under the law?

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Civil Rights Movement - 500 Points

• Question
• What legislation passed in 1964 prohibited
  employers from discriminating and gave the
  federal government the power to desegregate
  public places?