Romantic Jepardy Game

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Political
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Social
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Cultural
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Literary
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Authors
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Geography
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Political
Social
Cultural
Geography
Authors
Literary
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1-100
1 - 100
This 1857 Supreme Court Decision antagonized
antislavery forces.
100
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1-100A
1 - 100
What was the Dred Scott Decision?
100
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1-200
These 2 candidates for Illionois senator staged a
series of debates in 1858.
200
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1-200A
1 - 100
Who are Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas?
200
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1-300
This political party organized to oppose
the expansion of slavery.
300
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1-300A
1 - 100
What is the modern Republican Party?
300
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1-400
This group burned much of Washington, D.C. in
1814.
400
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1-400A
1 - 100
Who were the British troops?
400
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1-500
This forced journey from Georgia to Oklahoma in
1838 inspired its famous name.
500
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1-500A
1 - 100
What is the Trail of Tears?
500
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2-100
1 - 100
This disease killed 100 people a day in
Manhattan in 1832.
100
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2-100A
1 - 100
What is cholera?
100
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2-200
This area of New York City was built for health
and recreation of city inhabitants.
200
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2-200A
1 - 100
What is Central Park?
200
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2-300
15,000 sailors were robbed on this
infamous street in a single year.
300
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1 - 100
What is Cherry Street?
300
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2-400
Injured horses were left here to die.
400
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2-400A
1 - 100
What were the curbsides of the cities used for?
400
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2-500
This modern sport is first played at Hoboken, New
Jersey in 1846.
500
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2-500A
1 - 100
What is baseball?
500
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3-100
1 - 100
These people believed the city to be a source
of sucess and self-realization.
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Who were the Rationalists?
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These people valued feelings and intutition over
reason.
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3-200A
1 - 100
Who were the Romantics?
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3-300
This philosophy promoted a journey away from the
corruption of civilization
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3-300A
1 - 100
What is Romanticism?
300
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3-400
Romanticism first began in this country in the
1700's.
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3-400A
1 - 100
What is Germany?
400
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3-500
Romantics strove to rise above "dull reality"
in these 2 ways.
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3-500A
1 - 100
What are exotic settings contemplation of
the natural world?
500
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4-100
1 - 100
Romantic writers considered this genre to be
the highest embodiment of the imagination.
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4-100A
1 - 100
What is poetry?
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4-200
This genre used haunted landscapes and
supernatural events.
200
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4-200A
1 - 100
What is the Gothic novel?
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4-300
The speaker receives insight from
a commonplace object or event.
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4-300A
1 - 100
What is the typical Romantic poem?
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4-400
Youthful, innocent man who was intuitive and
close to nature.
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4-400A
1 - 100
What was a Romantic hero?
400
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4-500
This character is known as the first
American heroic figure.
500
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4-500A
1 - 100
Who is Natty Bumppo?
500
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5-100
1 - 100
This author explored the psychology of the
human mind.
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5-100A
1 - 100
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
100
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5-200
This writer explored uniquely American
settings and characters in his stories.
200
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5-200A
1 - 100
Who is James Fenimore Cooper?
200
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5-300
These writers wrote comforting poetry that is
sometimes preachy and heavily symbolic.
300
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5-300A
1 - 100
Who are the Fireside Poets?
300
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5-400
This poet threw Walt Whitman's poems in the fire.
400
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5-400A
1 - 100
Who is John Greenleaf Whittier?
400
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5-500
This writer embraced Walt Whitman's style in a
letter of praise.
500
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5-500A
1 - 100
Who is Ralph Waldo Emerson?
500
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6-100
1 - 100
This purchase doubled the US territory.
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6-100A
1 - 100
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
100
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6-200
A famous compromise allowed these 2 states to
be admitted to the US.
200
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6-200A
1 - 100
What are Maine and Missouri?
200
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6-300
Annexing this territory led to war with Mexico.
300
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6-300A
1 - 100
What is Texas?
300
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6-400
Thousands rush here in 1849 in search of gold.
400
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6-400A
1 - 100
What is California?
400
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6-500
Famine in this country led to a large
emigration of its citizens to the US in 1846.
500
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6-500A
1 - 100
What is Ireland?
500
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Final Jeopardy
Literary
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Listen to this famous poem and identify
its author.
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Contestants, please write your answers.
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Contestants Please put down your writing tools
and wait for further instructions.
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Who is Ralph Waldo Emerson?
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Thank you for playing Jeopardy.
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Sources

• American Romanticism, 1800-1860. Elements of
  Literature. Ed. Thomas F. Hirsh and Patricia
  McCambridge. Austin, TX Holt, Rinehart and
  Winston, 2000. 136-150.
• Clinton, Bill. Concord Hymn. 3 Apr. 2004.
  RWE.org. 10 May 2005.
• http//www.rwe.org/audio/poems/Concord_Hymn-Bill_
  Clinton
• Emerson, Ralph Waldo. Concord Hymn. Literature
  Classics CD-ROM High School. New York Glencoe
  McGraw-Hill, 2000.

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