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Jeopardy

Jeopardy. Choose a category. You will be given the answer. You must give the correct question. Click to begin. Choose a point value. Choose a point value. Click here for Final Jeopardy. Manifest Destiny. Mt. Men &Santa Fe Trail. Oregon Trail. Mormon & CA Settlers. Texas

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Jeopardy

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  1. Jeopardy Choose a category. You will be given the answer. You must give the correct question. Click to begin.

  2. Choose a point value. Choose a point value. Click here for Final Jeopardy

  3. Manifest Destiny Mt. Men &Santa Fe Trail Oregon Trail Mormon & CA Settlers Texas Indep. War with Mexico 10 Point 10 Point 10 Point 10 Point 10 Point 10 Point 20 Points 20 Points 20 Points 20 Points 20 Points 20 Points 30 Points 30 Points 30 Points 30 Points 30 Points 30 Points 40 Points 40 Points 40 Points 40 Points 40 Points 40 Points 50 Points 50 Points 50 Points 50 Points 50 Points 50 Points

  4. Define Manifest Destiny

  5. The U.S. was destined to expand from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans

  6. What is a frontier?

  7. The furthest extent of a nation’s settlement

  8. What was the name of the purchase of land from Mexico that finally settled the borders of the U.S. as we know them today?

  9. The Gadsden Purchase

  10. How much did the U.S. pay Mexico for the land known as the Gadsden Purchase?

  11. $10 Million

  12. What was the name of the President who negotiated a treaty with Britain to divide Oregon?

  13. Polk

  14. What event in 1821 sparked the start of the Santa Fe Trail and overland trade with Mexico?

  15. Mexican independence from Spain

  16. Traders on the Santa Fe Trail typically started in what U.S. city?

  17. Independence, Missouri

  18. John Jacob ______ established the American Fur Company in Oregon in 1808.

  19. Astor (in what is now Astoria, Oregon)

  20. How did Astor’s fur traders help open the west to thousands of settlers who came after them?

  21. They found the South Pass through the Rocky Mountains

  22. What event(s) helped lead to the end of the mountain man era?

  23. The beaver supply was exhausted, and beaver hats were going out of fashion in Europe

  24. What did the first white settlers in Oregon do for a living?

  25. They were missionaries

  26. The Oregon Trail stretched more than ________ miles

  27. 2,000

  28. What political right did women achieve faster in the West than in the rest of the country?

  29. The right to vote

  30. What event happened in 1850 in northern Oregon to bring a flood of white and Chinese settlers?

  31. Gold was discovered

  32. More than _______ people reached Oregon between 1840 and 1860.

  33. 50,000

  34. Why did Mormons migrate to Utah in the 1840s?

  35. To find a safe refuge free from discrimination

  36. What was the most urgent need in order for the Mormon settlers to succeed at farming in Utah?

  37. Irrigation (also important: enclosure and distribution of farmland)

  38. What term is used to define residents of California who were of Mexican descent in the 1840s and 1850s?

  39. Californios

  40. What is the term used to describe miners who washed dirt from a stream in a pan or other equipment to find gold.

  41. Placer miners

  42. What was the issue that set miners, ranchers, farmers and everybody else in California at odds?

  43. Water rights

  44. Name two issues that divided settlers in Texas and the Mexican government

  45. Slavery, religion, culture, states’ rights, representation in the Mexican legislature

  46. Who is the impresario who was arrested in Mexico City for pushing for more state autonomy? He later urged Texans to revolt against the Mexican government.

  47. Stephen Austin

  48. What is the name of the mission that became the location of a 12-day siege led by Santa Anna.

  49. The Alamo! “Remember the Alamo!”

  50. Sam Houston led Anglo-American forces at the battle of San Jacinto. What happened at this battle to ensure independence for Texas?

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