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Final Jeopardy

$100 Question from H1

The President of the United States from 1933-1945

$100 Answer from H1

Franklin D. Roosevelt

$200 Question from H1

Fascist leader of Italy during WWII who was eventually executed and hung in 1945.

$200 Answer from H1

Benito Mussolini

$300 Question from H1

Communist Dictator of the Soviet Union who initiated the “Great

Purge”

$300 Answer from H1

Joseph Stalin

$400 Question from H1

Prime Minister of Great Britain at the end of WWII

$400 Answer from H1

Winston Churchill

$500 Question from H1

“The Razor” – Prime MinisterOf Japan

$500 Answer from H1

Hideki Tojo

$100 Question from H2

What fictional character is portrayed here:

$100 Answer from H2

Rosie the Riveter

$200 Question from H2

Gardens planted by Americans on The home front during WWII toHelp conserve produce

$200 Answer from H2

Victory Gardens

$300 Question from H2

After Pearl Harbor, Japanese-Americans on the west coastwere sent to 10 of these

$300 Answer from H2

Internment Camps or Concentration Camps

$400 Question from H2

Name 3 items that were rationed during WWII

$400 Answer from H2

Gas, oil, sugar, meat, butter, nylon,

$500 Question from H2

A series of riots that eruptedin Los Angeles between white sailors and Mexican-American youths

$500 Answer from H2

Zoot Suit Riots

$100 Question from H3

Germany’s last offensive of WWII.

$100 Answer from H3

Battle of the Bulge

$200 Question from H3

Soviet City that was surrounded by German troops in 1941 and placed under siegeFor 900 days.

$200 Answer from H3

Siege of Leningrad

$300 Question from H3

2 Million Soviets died in the battledefending this city. This battlerepresented a major turning point in the war.

$300 Answer from H3

Stalingrad

$400 Question from H3

The Battle after which this photo was taken ofU.S. Marines hoisting an American Flag.

$400 Answer from H3

Iwo Jima

$500 Question from H3

It was decided to let the Soviets be the ones to invade the city during this battle due to the extremely high casualty rates they had suffered at the hands of the Germans

$500 Answer from H3

Battle for Berlin

$100 Question from H4

Capturing small islands one at a time, Gradually getting closer to Japan with The goal of being able to launch an invasion

$100 Answer from H4

Island Hopping

$200 Question from H4

The U.S. General who was forced to surrender the Philippines to the Japanese in 1941

$200 Answer from H4

General MacArthur

$300 Question from H4

The Allied nation that the Japanese wanted to be able to reach --- why they trying to build an airbase on Guadalcanal

$300 Answer from H4

Australia

$400 Question from H4

Event during which 75,000 American and Filipino POWs were marched 80 miles to prison camps. Only 54,000 eventually reached the camps.

$400 Answer from H4

Bataan Death March

$500 Question from H4

The Day Japan surrendered (what it isKnown as) and its day, month and year.

$500 Answer from H4

V-J Day: August 14, 1945

$100 Question from H5

WWII began in Europe in 1939 When Germany invaded this country

$100 Answer from H5

Poland

$200 Question from H5

The name of the German Airforce

$200 Answer from H5

Luftwaffe

$300 Question from H5

German speaking region in Czechoslovakia that was taken over by Hitler

$300 Answer from H5

Sudetenland

$400 Question from H5

“Line of defense” built by France to protect itself from German aggression. It was never actually used.

$400 Answer from H5

Maginot Line

$500 Question from H5

Major Nations & their leaders who participated in the Munich Conference. What was promised at this Conference?

$500 Answer from H5

France: DaladierGreat Britain: ChamberlainGermany: HitlerItaly: Mussolini

*Hitler promises not to pursue any further territorial expansion*APPEASEMENT

Final JeopardyIn 1945, the United States made a difficult decision to end the war against Japan by using a very powerful new weapon. What was this new weapon and what cities was it used against? Who ultimately made the decision to use this weapon and why did he make the decision to use it? Describe at least two other possible alternatives that could have been chosen. In your opinion, did the United States do the right thing by using this weapon? Why or why not?

Final Jeopardy Answer

Atomic Bombs

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

President Truman

Saved American lives – avoided a land invasion

Demonstration, land invasion, negotiate surrender with condition, wait for Soviet Union