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Social Studies:. Changing Nation. Jeopardy. Choose a category. You will be given the answer. You must give the correct question. Click to begin. Important People 100.
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Social Studies: Changing Nation
Jeopardy Choose a category. You will be given the answer. You must give the correct question. Click to begin.
Important People 100 This person was a Rough Rider during the Spanish-American war and later became the 26th president of the United States.
Answer Theodore Roosevelt
Important People 200 Why was the invention of the telegraph significant?
Answer It changed the way people communicated. People were also able to communicate faster.
Important People 300 How did the invention of the light bulb impact businesses?
Answer It allowed businesses to stay open later so they earned more money.
Important People 400 25th president of the United States who was later assassinated.
Answer William McKinley
Important People 500 Why was the invention of barb wire so significant?
Answer Barb wire changed the lives of cowboys and ranchers because barb wire could be used to keep cattle together in a specific area. This ended the cattle drives.
Economics 100 How does price effect a person’s decisions and actions?
Answer The lower the price of a good or service, the more likely a person will purchase the good or service. The higher the price, the less likely a person will purchase the good or service.
Economics 200 Why is it risky for an entrepreneur to start a business?
Answer An entrepreneur does not know if the business will be a success or a failure.
Economics 300 What was the significance of corporations being formed?
Answer Corporations increased competition between companies.
Economics 400 How do people earn an income by selling their labor?
Answer People work (or do labor) for a business in exchange for money.
Economics 500 There was a higher ______ for cattle in the Northern cities than in Texas because Texas had a greater ______ of cattle.
Answer There was a higher demandfor cattle in the Northern cities than in Texas because Texas had a greater supplyof cattle.
Immigrants100 European immigrants entered America through _______.
Answer Ellis Island, New York
Immigrants200 Asian immigrants entered America through _______.
Answer Angel Island, California
Immigrants300 Many immigrants came to America to escape ______.
Answer Persecution
Immigrants400 Prior to labor unions, factory employees worked _______ (more/less) than 8 hours a day.
Answer Prior to labor unions, factory employees worked more than 8 hours a day.
Immigrants500 Why did some Americans want immigration to end?
Answer Some Americans worried that immigrants would take their jobs.
Mixed Review 100 How did inventions changed people’s lives?
Answer It took people less time to do more work.
Mixed Review 200 Why was the Great Western Cattle Trail and the Chisholm Trail important?
Answer They were trails used by cowboys and ranchers to move cattle from Texas to railheads.
Mixed Review 300 What construction project made it possible for ships sailing from the eastern part of America to the western part of America without sailing all the way around the tip of South America?
Answer The Panama Canal
Mixed Review 400 Describe the living conditions of immigrants.
Answer Many immigrants lived in poor, crowded tenements that did not have running water.
Mixed Review 500 Why did African Americans choose to work as ranch hands?
Answer Many African Americans wanted to work as cowhands because they faced less discrimination on the cattle trails.
