US Final Exam Review Jeopardy

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US Final Exam Review Jeopardy
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Which of the following is an example of how the
physical features of the United States posed
challenges to its settlement? a. Large expanses
of deserts made most of the nation
uninhabitable. b. Mountain ranges and deserts
presented barriers to movement. c. A harsh
climate and poor soil discouraged the
cultivation of land. d. A lack of major waterways
prevented the development of major citied
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How might the availability of natural resources
have shaped the development of the US? a. Early
colonists came to the US for farming and
religious persecution mining became popular in
the 1900s leading to the US becoming an
industrial giant. b. Early colonists came to the
US hoping to find mineral riches, but they
turned to farming and mining which led to the US
becoming an industrial giant. c. Native
Americans defeated the settlers on the Great
Plains therefore the settlers turned to mining
and led the US to become an industrial
giant. d. The US became an industrial giant due
to farming and mining by Native Americans
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Alaska and Hawaii are part of what region?
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Point to the United Kingdom on the map below
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Locate Vietnam and Korea on the map below.
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What was one objective of the Social Security
Act? a. to ban child labor b. to protect workers'
rights c. to supervise union elections d. to
lessen poverty in retirement
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Which of the following was the primary cause of
the natural known as the Dust Bowl? a. dam
building b. crop reduction c. black
blizzards d. prolonged drought
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What organization regulates the amount of money
in circulation and the interest rates?
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Examine the diagram. Which process does this
diagram best illustrate?
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The graph shows economic activity in the United
States between 1860 and 1940. This graph shows
that the U.S. economy experiences repeated
periods of a. high tariff rates. b. excessive
regulation. c. recession and recovery. d. trickle-
down prosperity.
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Examine the diagram. Which term belongs in the
center circle? a. Allied powers b. Axis
powers c. Central powers d. United powers
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On December 8, 1941, President Roosevelt asked
Congress for a declaration of war. Which of these
events led to this request? a. Churchill's
desperate need for help in the Battle of
Britain b. Germany's lightning war that ended
with the fall of France c. Stalin's agreement to
sign a nonaggression pact with Hitler d. Japan's
surprise attack on a U.S. naval base in Pearl
Harbor
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The RAF successfully defended England in what
battle?
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The quotation below comes from a 1944 Supreme
Court decision. "It should be noted . . . that
all legal restrictions which curtail the civil
rights of a single racial group are immediately
suspect. That is not to say that all such
restrictions are unconstitutional. It is to say
that courts must subject them to the most rigid
scrutiny. Pressing public necessity may sometimes
justify the existence of such restrictions." --
Justice Hugo Black, 1944 Justice Black's opinion
was issued in which of these Supreme Court
cases? a. United States v. O'Brien b. United
States v. Eichman c. Korematsu v. United
States d. Abrams et al. v. United States
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What 3 items of the Versailles Treaty of 1919 did
Hitler violate to initiate WWII?
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The unusually rapid population growth of the
post-World War II period in the US.
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What is containment?
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What does the Truman Doctrine outline?
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What is the massive American recovery plan for
European nations after WWII?
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• Read the statements below.
• I avoid traditional jobs.
• I reject all forms of convention.
• I study Eastern religions.
• I groove on modern jazz.
• Which type of person in the 1950s would have been
  most likely to say these things?

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In 1970 students were shot by National Guardsmen
at what university?
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Name the line that divides communist North Korea
from democratic South Korea.
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According to the Domino Theory, if
__________falls, the rest of South East Asia
would be lost to __________.
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What happened to Vietnam once the Americans left?
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Name 3 problems did Vietnam soldiers endure as
they returned home.