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Western Expansion Family Feud Quiz

Join us for a fun quiz on Westward Expansion in America! Test your knowledge and learn interesting facts. Two teams will compete in answering questions related to pioneers, settlers, and conflicts of the time. Let's see which team comes out on top!

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Western Expansion Family Feud Quiz

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  1. Welcome to Family Feud Please Get Ready To Start The Game!

  2. 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!

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

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

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

  6. Answer to Question 1 Refuge

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

  8. Answer to Question 2 Missionaries

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

  10. Answer to Question 3 Lynch

  11. 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

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

  13. 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.

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

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

  16. 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

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

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

  19. Answer to Question 2 Rendezvous

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

  21. Answer to Question 3 Cede

  22. 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

  23. Answer to Question 4 They hope to escape religious persecution

  24. 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

  25. Answer to Question 5 Illnesses, such as cholera

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

  27. Answer to Question 1 Mountain Men

  28. 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

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

  30. 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

  31. Answer to Question 3 Texas became an independent republic

  32. 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

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

  34. 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

  35. Answer to Question 5 The fall of the Alamo

  36. 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

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

  38. 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

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

  40. 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

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

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

  43. Answer to Question 4 New Mexico

  44. 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

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

  46. 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

  47. Answer to Bonus Round 1! William Becknell

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

  49. Answer to Bonus Round 2 Native Americans

  50. 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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