Westward Expansion Jeopardy Review Land Acquired How the

Westward Expansion Jeopardy Review

Land Acquired How the Land was acquired Methods of Transport West 100 100 100 200 200 200 300 300 300 400 400 400 500 500 500 Westward Benefits for The U. S. Motivations

100 points Which land did we take that gave the U. S. access to countries near the Pacific? Return to Question Board See Answer

100 points A N S W E R: Oregon Territory (its on the Pacific!) Return to Question Board

200 points Which piece of land allowed America to complete its Manifest Destiny and begin building a railroad that connected the East and West United States? Return to Question Board See Answer

200 points A N S W E R: Gadsden Purchase Return to Question Board

300 points Why was the Louisiana Purchase significant? Return to Question Board See Answer

300 points A N S W E R: It focused the United States on westward expansion Return to Question Board

400 points The desire for the US to take Texas and California in the 1840’s was based on which belief system? Return to Question Board See Answer

400 points A N S W E R: Manifest Destiny Return to Question Board

500 pts What was a reason that slavery expanded in the South in the early 1800’s? Return to Question Board See Answer

500 points A N S W E R: New inventions (such as the cotton gin) increased cotton production, making slave owners want to buy more slaves to make more cotton. Return to Question Board

100 points How did American Presidents add territory to the U. S. ? Return to Question Board See Answer

100 points A N S W E R: Making treaties with other countries, annexing (capturing) land, making war Return to Question Board

200 points How does the phrase “by military conquest, treaty, and purchase” relate to our unit? Return to Question Board See Answer

200 points A N S W E R: They were methods used to expand the territory of the United States westward Return to Question Board

300 points How are the belief in Manifest Destiny, the Dawes Act, and the transcontinental railroad all connected? Return to Question Board See Answer

300 points A N S W E R: They all deal with United States expansion and settlement West. Return to Question Board

400 points Explain what the slogan “Go West” means. Return to Question Board See Answer

400 points A N S W E R: It was used to encourage Americans to move out West by wagon and oxen to settle in the new territories the US took over Return to Question Board

500 Points What was the major goal of Manifest Destiny? See Answer Return to Question Board

500 Points A N S W E R: To expand the United States westward to the Pacific Ocean Return to Question Board

100 points What was a major result of the Mexican American War? Return to Question Board See Answer

100 points A N S W E R: It helped America complete their goal of Manifest Destiny, which was to take the land up until the Pacific Ocean. Return to Question Board

200 points What type of workers made up most of the labor force in completing the Transcontinental Railroad? Return to Question Board See Answer

200 points A N S W E R: Immigrants from China and Ireland. Return to Question Board

300 points What was the Oregon Trail? Return to Question Board See Answer

309 points A N S W E R: It was a route that extended through the new territories in the West that became part of the United States. Return to Question Board

400 points What was the Transcontinental Railroad? Return to Question Board See Answer

400 points A N S W E R: The first railroad line that stretched from the East to the new West of the United States. Return to Question Board

500 points Why would more settlers choose to ride a train on the Transcontinental Railroad than use the Oregon Trail? Return to Question Board See Answer

500 points A N S W E R: The Oregon Trail took 5 -6 months and was filled with dangers. The railroad took 3 days (and they had Wifi … jk!) Return to Question Board

100 pts Why did Texas declare independence? Return to Question Board See Answer

100 points A N S W E R: Texans wanted to become rich by using slaves to help them farm, and they were against Mexico’s laws making slavery illegal. Return to Question Board

200 points What was the Dawes Act? Return to Question Board See Answer

200 points A N S W E R: It was the forced Americanization of Native American children to American culture, religion and values. Return to Question Board

300 points What was a major reason for the westward movement of settlers from the 1600’s to the 1800’s? Return to Question Board See Answer

300 points A N S W E R: to receive large areas of fertile soil for agriculture (farming) Return to Question Board

400 points What did the Homestead Act And the Transcontinental Railroad tell us about what the US federal government wanted to do? Return to Question Board See Answer

400 points A N S W E R: It shows that they wanted to settle the western territories. Return to Question Board

500 points As the US took more and more land in the West, which issue became controversial (argued about) regarding the new territories? Return to Question Board See Answer

A N S W E R: 500 points Whether or not to expand slavery to the new territories Return to Question Board

100 points What was the Homestead Act? Return to Question Board See Answer

100 point A N S W E R: The U. S. government gave 160 acres of land to settlers who were willing to work on the land for 5 years for a very low price Return to Question Board

200 point How did the Homestead Act affect how the West of the United States developed? Return to Question Board See Answer

200 Points A N S W E R: It gave free land to settlers, encouraging thousands of Americans to GO WEST! Return to Question Board

300 points How did the U. S. federal government encourage Americans to settle in the West, from 1860 to 1900? (Hint: Not the Homestead Act!) Return to Question Board See Answer

300 points A N S W E R: The US government gave pieces of land to railroad companies to build …take a guess…railroads… so people could move West more easily than on the wagon trails. Return to Question Board

400 points What caused people to travel to California during the California Gold Rush? Return to Question Board See Answer

400 points A N S W E R: Americans and Immigrants wanted to get rich quick by finding gold. Return to Question Board

500 points What caused the growth of the population in California in the mid 1800’s? Return to Question Board See Answer

50 points A N S W E R: Gold and silver being found Return to Question Board