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The West Transformed Jeopardy

The West Transformed Jeopardy. Cattle, Ranches, & RR 100 200 300 400 500. THE WEST 100 200 300 400 500. Important People 100 200 300 400 500. Maps 100 200 300 400 500. Vocabulary 100 200 300 400 500. Mexican cowhand. Who are vaqueros?. Vocabulary for 100.

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The West Transformed Jeopardy

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  1. The West Transformed Jeopardy Cattle, Ranches, & RR 100 200 300 400 500 THE WEST 100 200 300 400 500 Important People 100 200 300 400 500 Maps 100 200 300 400 500 Vocabulary 100 200 300 400 500

  2. Mexican cowhand Who are vaqueros? Vocabulary for 100

  3. Land set aside for Native Americans to live on. What are reservations? Vocabulary for 200

  4. A town in Utah where the two parts of the transcontinental railroad were joined. What is Promontory? Vocabulary for 300

  5. Term that described the myth that the West was a place where gun-slinging cowboys, exciting adventures, and big opportunities existed. What is the Wild West? Vocabulary for 400

  6. Reformer who wrote A Century of Dishonor. Who was Helen Hunt Jackson? Vocabulary for 500

  7. Leader of the Sioux. Who was Sitting Bull? Important people for 100

  8. He was the leader of the Nez Perces. Who was Chief Joseph? Important People for 200

  9. What was the leader of the Nez Perces asking for when he stated ”If you tie a horse to a stake, do you expect he will grow fat? If you pen an Indian on a small spot of earth and compel him to stay there, he will not be contented nor will he grow and prosper.” What is fair treatment? Important People for 300

  10. President of the United States when the Homestead Act was passed. Who is Abraham Lincoln? Important People for 400

  11. Who was Leland Stanford? His company laid tracks for the western part of the transcontinental railroad. Important People for 500

  12. This is how the federal government helped with the construction of railroads. What is it gave railroad companies land, subsides, in the West? Cattle, Ranches, & RRs for 100

  13. These are two reasons why roundups, cattle drives, and the cattle boom came to an end.. What are: 1. more cattle roam the open range than can live off the land 2. hot summers and freezing winters kill millions of cattle 3. sheep farmers compete with cattle farmers for grazing land 4. farmers fence the open range to keep cattle from eating their crops Cattle, Ranches, & RRs for 200 Daily Double!

  14. What phrase best describes most cattle ranches after the 1880’s. What is smaller, with cattle eating home-grown feed? Cattle, Ranches, & RRs for 300

  15. The transcontinental railroad did this. What is connected the East with the West? Cattle, Ranches, & RRs for 400

  16. This is the primary way the government helped farmers settle the plains. What is the passage of the Homestead Act? Cattle, Ranches, & RRs for 500

  17. This is what Native Americans hoped to gain when agreeing to staying in one place. What is the right to be undisturbed on their land? THE WEST for 100

  18. Foreign immigrants to the West worked as which of the following: Cowhands Soldiers Miners Railroad workers All except soldiers? THE WEST for 200

  19. This is how the Homestead Act encouraged people to move West. What is that it offered free land to those who farmed it? THE WEST for 300

  20. The Battle of Wounded Knee signaled this. What was the end of the Indian wars? THE WEST for 400

  21. These are the three events that took place in most mining towns to turn them into boomtowns. Which was: 1. merchants arrived 2. government officials replaced vigilantes 3. all of the ore was extracted from the mines THE WEST for 500

  22. What is the Union Pacific? MAPS for 100 • Rail line that provided the most direct route from San Francisco to Cheyenne.

  23. MAPS for 200 State where the Comstock Lode and Virginia City are found. What is Nevada?

  24. MAPS for 300 What was: paying high prices for food and supplies hostility of the Native Americans living on those lands immigrant miners discriminated against and sometimes violence acted out area policed by vigilante groups . These were two difficulties miners faced during the gold and silver booms in the West.

  25. MAPS for 400 What is that they both ended at railroads that shipped cattle to eastern cities? This is the significance about the points where the Goodnight-Loving Trail and the Chisholm Trail ended.

  26. MAPS for 500 Territory where the Sand Creek Massacre happened in 1864. What is Colorado?

  27. This is Final Jeopardy!!!! Examine how the movement of settlers to the West affected the Native American way of life. Analyze the attempts of the Native American groups and the United States government to settle disputes between Native Americans and settlers, giving two examples that support your main idea. Possible Answers Oh no! What could it be?

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