Western Expansion 1 Jeopardy Template

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100 What is Manifest Destiny A cultural belief in Americans that they were destined to expand westward.	100 What is The people who physically built the railroad tracks Chinese, Irish and Germans immigrants	100 What is Dawes Act An policy put into place by the American to kill Native American culture	100 What is the nickname people were given if they went in search for gold during the gold rush 49ers	100 What is some of the problems workers faced while building the railroad Native American conflict, Geographic difficulties and very slow work
200 What is Homestead act An policy made for people to expand westward. They were given 160 acres and they had to stay on the property for at least 5 years.	200 What is Cow Towns Towns in Kansas that popped up for Cattle Ranchers on their way to the market	200 What is the reason the Geographic Features of the West impacted westward expansion The mountains, rivers and plains made it difficult as well as Native American attacks	200 What is life like as a miner in the gold rush Very hard. They searched for gold 16 hours a week and they had poor hygiene leading to a lot of sickness	200 What is Boomtowns Towns that appeared along the railroad as they were being built
300 What is Transcontinental Railroad A railroad that connected the two American coast.	300 What is Exodusters African Americans who left the South and went West to become farmers	300 What is the requirements in order to acquire land under the homestead act Head of your household or 21 years of age, had to live on the land for 5 years, had to build a home on the land, had to farm on the land and pay an 18$ filing fee.	300 What is the effects of the gold rush Westward expansion became more popular.	300 What is the significance of Promontory Point, Utah It is where the Transcontinental Railroad was finished
400 What is Gold Rush A movement where thousands of people went to California in search for gold	400 What is The river used to move goods around the United States before the Transcontinental Railroad Mississippi River	400 What is the people who were able to claim land under the homestead act Immigrants, freedmen, poor farmers and single women.	400 What is Oregon trail Trail used by pioneers to travel west	400 What is the impact of Westward expansion on Native Americans Their cultured was diminished, their source of food was taken, they were moved out of their land and killed.
500 What is Reservations Places that Native Americans were kept when moved out of their land.

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