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Westward Expansion Jeopardy Challenge

Test your knowledge on Farmers, Railroads, Settlers, and Native Americans in this interactive game of conflicts and treaties in the West. Round 2 includes exciting categories like Cow Towns and Final Jeopardy.

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Westward Expansion Jeopardy Challenge

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  1. Welcome to Jeopardy!

  2. Farmers Railroads Settlers Move West Conflicts and Treaties Cow Towns Native Ameri-cans Round 2 $100 Final Jeopardy $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 Scores $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500

  3. $100 This animal supplied Native Americans with food, clothes, and shelter.

  4. $100 What is the Buffalo? Scores

  5. $200 This allowed the Native Americans to change from farmers to hunters in the 1700’s.

  6. $200 What is the Horse. Scores

  7. $300 This Native American tradition was a religious ceremony lasting 4 days.

  8. $300 What is the Sun Dance? Scores

  9. $400 In order to receive honor, Native American women had to do this.

  10. $400 What is make the most beautiful pottery and baskets? Scores

  11. $500 The part of the buffalo that the Native Americans used for thread.

  12. $500 What is sinew? Scores

  13. $100 The edge of a settled area is known as this.

  14. $100 What is a frontier? Scores

  15. $200 This major event of 1849 created a mass migration west.

  16. $200 What is the California Gold Rush? Scores

  17. $300 A town that developed as a result of a gold strike became known as this.

  18. $300 What is a Boom Town? Scores

  19. Daily Double

  20. $400 This act granted settlers land so long as they farmed it for five years.

  21. $400 What is the Homestead Act ? Scores

  22. $500 This man was known for claiming lands rich in silver.

  23. $500 Who is Henry Comstock? Scores

  24. $100 Men brought stray cattle to rail lines on these.

  25. $100 What are cattle drives? Scores

  26. $200 This demand created the need for cattle drives.

  27. $200 What is beef in the east? Scores

  28. $300 These were two dangers faced by cowhands during cattle drives.

  29. $300 What are fires, stampedes, drowning, cattle thieves, or weather (any two)? Scores

  30. $400 These two groups of Americans made up most of the cowhands.

  31. $400 Who are African Americans and Mexican Americans? Scores

  32. $500 These were worn by cowhands to protect their legs on the long, dusty trail.

  33. $500 What are chaps? Scores

  34. $100 Native Americans and settlers were constantly fighting over this.

  35. $100 What is western land (territory)? Scores

  36. $200 This treaty promised Native Americans lands that would be theirs forever along with money, tools and animals to farm.

  37. $200 What is the Fort Laramie Treaty? Scores

  38. $300 This conflict resulted in the slaughter of more than 100 men, women and children.

  39. $300 What is the Chivington Massacre? Scores

  40. ion $400 This Native American man led the Apache Wars.

  41. $400 Who is Geranimo? Scores

  42. $500 Custer and all of his men were killed in this battle.

  43. $500 What is the Battle of Little Big Horn? Scores

  44. $100 This event gave away FREE land.

  45. $100 What is the Oklahoma Land Rush? Scores

  46. $200 These were two struggles farmers faced on the Plains.

  47. $200 What are lack of wood, bad land, insects or weather? (any two) Scores

  48. $300 This organization aimed to help farmers by reducing shipping costs of their products.

  49. $300 What is the National Grange? Scores

  50. $400 This political party was formed in order to help the farmers.

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