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Westward Expansion Jeopardy Fun

Test your knowledge on Westward Expansion with this exciting Jeopardy game! Explore topics like Trails to the West, Trail of Tears, and key historical figures. Challenge yourself and learn more about this crucial period in American history.

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Westward Expansion Jeopardy Fun

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  1. JEOPARDY! Click Once to Begin Westward Expansion

  2. JEOPARDY! TRAIL OF TEARS MARTIN VAN BUREN Trails to the West True / False (if false change underlined word) People U.S. Cities 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 500

  3. THIS TRIBE MAINLY WALKED THE TRAIL OF TEARSCherokee

  4. EVEN THOUGH THE SUPREME COURT RULED IN THEIR FAVOR, THIS STATE STILL KICKED THEM OUTGeorgia

  5. THIS MAN WAS PRESIDENT WHEN THE ACT WAS PASSED TO FORCE THEM OUT AND THIS MAN WAS PRESIDENT WHEN THEY ACTUALLY LEFTJackson ; van Buren

  6. THIS WAS THE MAIN REASON NATIVE AMERICANS WERE FORCED OFF THEIR LAND AND NAME OF LAND THEY WERE BEING MOVED TOGold discovered ; Indian Territory

  7. FULL NAME OF THE ACT THAT WANTED TO PUSH NATIVE AMERICANS WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVERIndian Removal Act of 1830

  8. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THIS POLITICAL PARTYDemocratic Party

  9. THE PRIMARY REASON HE WAS ELECTED He was Jackson’s VP

  10. NICKNAME GIVEN TO HIM BECAUSE OF THE DOWNTURN OF THE ECONOMY WHILE HE WAS PRESIDENTMartin van Ruin

  11. IN 1840, HE LOST HIS REELECTION TO THIS MAN WHO WAS A MEMBER OF THIS POLITICAL PARTYWilliam Henry Harrison ; Whig

  12. THE NAMES OF THE TWO MAJOR ISSUES WHILE HE WAS PRESIDENTPanic of 1837 and Trail of Tears

  13. STARTING POINT FOR MOST TRAILS (CITY AND STATE)Independence, Missouri

  14. How were Native Americans seen on both the Oregon and Santa Fe Trails?Oregon – helpful Santa Fe - hostile

  15. What were three dangers people on the trails faced?Starvation, weather, wagon accidents

  16. The Mormons traveled West because they were persecuted for this belief back East. polygamy

  17. What type of people traveled Oregon Trail predominantly?families

  18. Andrew Jackson was known as “Old Kinderhook”False – van Buren

  19. The Santa Fe was the most dangerous trail.True

  20. The best two seasons to travel the trails was fall and winter.False – spring and summer

  21. It took approximately 6 months to travel the Oregon Trail.True

  22. Daily Double!!! Pioneers favored the Conestoga Wagon on their travels.False – Prairie Schooner

  23. These fur trappers went west in the early 1800’s and were often social misfits.Mountain Men

  24. He was Andrew Jackson’s second vice presidentMartin van Buren

  25. He was the famous mountain man who was seen in Horrible HistoriesJim Bridger

  26. This person is credited with leading the Mormons to UtahBrigham Young

  27. This mountain man had a very profitable fur trading company in Oregon.John Jacob Astor

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