Welcome Parents Kevin Blackwell American History – Reconstruction Ext. 5214 Email: blackwellk@branson.k12.mo.us Conference 8:22 – 9:09 Present Are You Smarter Than a High Schooler? 1,000,000 500,000 Are You Smarter Than a High Schooler? 300,000 175,000 100,000 5th Level 5th Level 4th Level 4th Level 3rd Level 3rd Level 2nd Level 2nd Level 1st Level 1st Level 50,000 25,000 10,000 5,000 2,000 1,000 5th Level Topic 1 Question Name the Axis Powers during WWII? 5th Level Topic 1 Answer Germany, Italy, and Japan Return Return 5th Level Topic 2 Question Which Amendment gave women the right to vote? 5th Level Topic 2 Answer 19th Amendment (1920) Return Return 4th Level Topic 3 Question What do we call the time period after the Civil War? 4th Level Topic 3 Answer Reconstruction Return Return 4th Level Topic 4 Question What scandal lead to Richard Nixon’s resignation as President? 4th Level Topic 4 Answer Watergate Return Return 3rd Level Topic 5 Question Who said “Mr. Gorbachev, TEAR DOWN THAT WALL”? 3rd Level Topic 5 Answer Ronald Reagan Return Return 3rd Level Topic 6 Question What is this monument and when was it finished? 3rd Level Topic 6 Answer 1927 - 1941 Return Return 2nd Level Topic 7 Question Who was the only President to serve two non-consecutive terms? 2nd Level Topic 7 Answer Grover Cleveland Return Return 2nd Level Topic 8 Question What was the treaty that ended WWI? 2nd Level Topic 8 Answer The Treaty of Versailles The “Big Four”: David Lloyd George of Britain, Vittorio Orlando of Italy, Georges Clemenceau of France, and Woodrow Wilson of the United States, the principal architects of the Treaty of Versailles. Return Return 1st Level Topic 9 Question When did Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin land on the moon? 1st Level Topic 9 Answer July 20, 1969 Return Return 1st Level Topic 10 Question What is the time period that the economy was in severe decline and millions of people were out of work? 1st Level Topic 10 Answer The Great Depression Return Return Million Dollar Question Are you ready? 1,000,000 Question In texting, what do the letters TTYL stand for? 1,000,000 Answer Talk To You Later Thanks for Playing