Westward Expansion Jeopardy

1. Westward Expansion Jeopardy

2. Spanish-American war/ Panama Conflict on the plains Cattle Trails Vocab. Inventors Immi- gration 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500

3. Cattle Trails 100 What cause local cattle prices to be so low?

4. Cattle Trails 100 The supply of cattle was high and the demand was low.

5. Cattle Trails 200 Why did ranchers ship cattle to the bigger cities?

6. Cattle Trails 200 Demand for cattle was high in the bigger cities, and ranchers could make a lot of money.

7. Cattle Trails 300 Who were the Black Cowboys of Texas?

8. Cattle Trails 300 Former slaves who moved west to become cowboys.

9. Cattle Trails 400 What was the most famous trail that ranchers used to herd cattle?

10. Cattle Trails 400 The Chisolm Trail

11. Cattle Trails 500 Where did the Chisolm trail end?

12. Cattle Trails 500 Abilene, Texas

13. Conflict on the Plains 100 What animal became scarce once settlers moved in, causing the Native Americans way of life to change drastically?

14. Conflict on the Plains 100 Buffalo

15. Conflict on the Plains 200 The government relocated Native Americans onto ______________.

16. Conflict on the Plains 200 Reservations

17. Conflict on the Plains 300 Name two results of living on the reservations for the Native Americans.

18. Conflict on the Plains 300 Native Americans had to give up their traditional dress, attend schools, were forced to become farmers instead of hunters, and had to remain within the reservation borders.

19. Conflict on the Plains 400 Who were the leaders on each side at the Battle of Little Bighorn?

20. Conflict on the Plains 400 Government: General CusterNative Americans: Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse

21. Conflict on the Plains 500 What was the outcome of the Battle of Little Bighorn?

22. Conflict on the Plains 500 The Native Americans fought back and killed all of the soldiers.

23. Vocab. 100 What is prejudice?

24. Vocab. 100 An unfair, negative opinion that leads to unjust treatment.

25. Vocab. 200 What is a cattle trail?

26. Vocab. 200 Trails used to take cattle to trains from Texas

27. Vocab. 300 What is the term that describes land that the government set aside for Native Americans?

28. Vocab. 300 Reservation

29. Vocab. 400 What is a drought?

30. Vocab. 400 A period of time without rain

31. Vocab. 500 What does it mean to assimilate?

32. Vocab. 500 To change a group’s culture and traditions to make it blend with a larger group

33. Inventors 100 Who invented the telephone?

34. Inventors 100 Alexander Graham Bell

35. Inventors 200 What are the Wright Brothers famous for inventing?

36. Inventors 200 The plane

37. Inventors 300 What inventions did Thomas Edison create?

38. Inventors 300 A longer lasting light bulb and ways for electricity to go into people’s homes and businesses

39. Inventors 400 Who created 300 uses for the peanut?

40. Inventors 400 George Washington Carver

41. Inventors 500 What group of islands was formed by a chain of Inventors?

42. Inventors 500 Hawaiian Islands

43. Immigration100 Name two reasons why people immigrated to the United States

44. Immigration100 To escape poverty, make a better life for themselves, escape war or persecution, to find work, or for freedom

45. Immigration 200 Name 3 countries people emigrated from

46. Immigration 200 Ireland, Germany, England, Sweden, Italy, Poland, Greece, Russia, China, Mexico

47. Immigration 300 What might keep people from being able to get into the United States?

48. Immigration 300 Disease, old age, criminal history

49. Immigration 400 How did the large number of immigrants effect the culture of the United States.

50. Immigration 400 Each culture brought new kinds of foods, traditions, and inventions