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Rules of the Game! • We will have two teams! • Team 1 will go first, then Team 2 • All answers to the questions will be given after each question • The team with the highest score wins the game! • Each Question will be worth 5 points • Points will be added at the end of the game to announce the winning team!

The Subject of Today’s Show is as follows: Westward Expansion

Attention Team 1 • Please get your team ready the round is about to start!

Question 1 A place where one is safe from persecution: • Refuge • Rendezvous • Siege

Answer to Question 1 Refuge

Question 2 Who were the first PERMANENT American white settlers in Oregon? • Fur trappers • Missionaries • Mormons

Answer to Question 2 Missionaries

Question 3 To execute without a legal trial: • Persecute • Lynch • Cede

Answer to Question 3 Lynch

Question 4 What led settlers and trappers to move to Oregon and the Far West in the 1820s? • Jobs in the shipbuilding industry • Lure of fertile lands, plentiful rainfall, mild climate • Absence of Native Americans in the area

Answer to Question 4 Lure of fertile lands, plentiful rainfall, mild climate

Question 5 (last question for Team 1) Why did American settlers in Texas come into conflict with Mexico in the 1830s? • Settlers ignored the Mexican Constitution • Mexico wanted to sell Texas to Spain • Mexico feared losing Texas to the U.S.

Answer to Question 5 Mexico feared losing Texas to the U.S.

Attention Team 2 • Please get your team ready for the questions! • Lets go!

Question 1 How did the U.S. and Britain settle their dispute over Oregon? • The U.S. bought the territory from Britain • The U.S. and Britain agreed to divide the land • The U.S. seized the land with military force

Answer to Question 1 The U.S. and Britain agreed to divide the land

Question 2 A place where people meet: • Annex • Rendezvous • Siege

Answer to Question 2 Rendezvous

Question 3 To give up territory: • Cede • Siege • Annex

Answer to Question 3 Cede

Question 4 Why did the Mormons move west to settle in Utah? • They sought jobs on the railroads • They wanted to convert Native Americans to Christianity • They hope to escape religious persecution

Answer to Question 4 They hope to escape religious persecution

Question 5 (Last question for Team 2) What was the BIGGEST threat to those who traveled West in wagon trains? • Illnesses, such as cholera • Lack of leadership • Mid-winter snowstorms

Answer to Question 5 Illnesses, such as cholera

Back to Team 1!Question 1 Which group of rugged individualist lived off the land in Oregon? • Mountain men • Missionaries • Tejanos

Answer to Question 1 Mountain Men

Question 2 Mexicans influenced American culture in the Southwest by: • Teaching Americans how to hunt in the desert • Teaching Americans new irrigation techniques and mining skills • Changing Americans’ views about Manifest Destiny

Answer to Question 2 Teaching Americans new irrigation techniques and mining skills

Question 3 What development immediately followed the Texan victory at the Battle of San Jacinto in 1836? • Texas became an independent republic • Santa Anna made Texas a Mexican province • American settlers were forced to leave Texas

Answer to Question 3 Texas became an independent republic

Question 4 What was one challenge faced by the “Lone Star Republic?” • The U.S. refused to recognize its independence • American and Mexican troops clashed near the Rio Grande • Mexico rejected President Polk’s offer to buy California and New Mexico

Answer to Question 4 The U.S. refused to recognize its independence

Question 5 (Get ready, Team 2) What final incident caused Texans to seek revenge against Santa Anna’s troops? • The fall of the Alamo • The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo • The Battle of San Jacinto

Answer to Question 5 The fall of the Alamo

Team 2:Question 1 Which of the following statements about mountain men is NOT true? • They showed Indian trails to settlers who headed West • They discovered mountain passes that later became major routes to the West • They were the first white Americans to settle permanently in Oregon

Answer Question 1 They were the first white Americans to settle permanently in Oregon

Question 2 How did Manifest Destiny contribute to the westward expansion on the U.S.? • Americans believed they could learn important values from other cultures • American believed expansion would offer new economic opportunities • The U.S. government believed it should invade and conquer Mexico

Answer to Question 2 American believed expansion would offer new economic opportunities

Question 3 Why did Mormons leave their settlement in Ohio and move West? • Their social and religious beliefs clashed with those of other settlers • The valley where they settled had frequent floods • They were frequently attacked by Native Americans

Answer to Question 3 Their social and religious beliefs clashed with those of other settlers

Question 4 Which of the following did the U.S. acquire as a result of the Mexican War? • New Mexico • Texas • Oregon

Answer to Question 4 New Mexico

Question 5 What role did missionaries play in the settlement of the West? • They helped to create interest in the new territories • They organized wagon trains of settlers to establish new churches in the West • They helped build the port city of San Francisco

Answer to Question 5 They helped to create interest in the new territories

Bonus Round Question 1!! TEAM 1: Which pioneer was the first to lead American across the Santa Fe Trail? • Brigham Young • William Becknell • Stephen Austin

Answer to Bonus Round 1! William Becknell

Bonus Round Question 2!! TEAM 2: Which people worked on California cattle ranches: • Native Americans • Mountain Men • Merchants from New Mexico

Answer to Bonus Round 2 Native Americans

Bonus Round Question 3!! Back to TEAM 1: What final incident cause President Polk to urge Congress to declare war on Mexico? • The U.S. expanded to the Pacific Ocean • U.S. and Mexican troops clashed near the Rio Grande • Mexico refused Polk’s offer to buy California and New Mexico

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