Jeopardy Final Jeopardy 1 2 3 4 5 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $200 $200 Manifest Destiny 2 Potpourri 3 Sectionalism 4 Civil War Battles 5 CW & Reconstruction $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500 Final Jeopardy
1 - $100 The Mormons were led west by and eventually settled in present day Brigham Young; Utah
1 - $200 This man established the first legal settlement in Texas and distributed large pieces of land Stephen Austin
1 - $300 He was the expansionist president during the Mexican-American war James K Polk
1 - $400 “Fifty-four Forty, or Fight!” referred to the border dispute with this country Great Britain
1 - $500 This treaty provided various Native American tribes (Cheyenne, Arapaho, Sioux, Crow) control of the Central plains for the promise they would not attack settler; they were also promised no yearly payments and no settlements in the land they were “given” Fort Laramie Treaty
2 - $100 The purpose of the Lewis and Clark expedition was to: explore new lands acquired in the Louisiana Purchase make contact with Native Americans discover natural resources in the new lands
2 - $200 What was the “corrupt bargain” in the Election of 1824? It is believed that Henry Clay used his influence as Speaker of the House to swing enough votes to give Adams the victory in the election. After winning the election, Adams made Henry Clay his Secretary of State.
2 - $300 This was created as a result of California applying for statehood The Compromise of 1850
2 - $400 States that gave people a chance to decide whether a state shall be a ‘free’ or ‘slave’ state, practiced a policy of? Popular Sovereignty
2 - $500 What repealed the Missouri Compromise? Kansas Nebraska Act
3 - $100 Give one reason why the Dred Scott Case was significant. Descendants of slaves could no longer receive citizenship Slaves were equivalent to property It escalated and defined further differences between the North and South
3 - $200 What act established in 1854, supported the practice of popular sovereignty? Kansas-Nebraska Act
3 - $300 Rounded up twenty-one men, including five African Americans and raided the federal arsenal in Virginia. He wanted to provide slaves with weapons in order to aid them in a rebellion. Which incident is being described? John Brown’s Raid on Harper’s Ferry
3 - $400 What event caused the Lower Southern states to secede? The election of Lincoln
3 - $500 The border states during the Civil War would be: Maryland (MD), Delaware (DE), Missouri (MO), Kentucky (KY)
4 - $100 Antietam was significant because The Confederates retreated Lincoln had ability to issue Emancipation Proclamation
4 - $200 The Battle of Gettysburg is considered the turning point of the Civil War because The Confederates would never attack in the North again
4 - $300 Vicksburg was an important fort because It was the last Confederate outpost located on the Mississippi River
4 - $400 General Sherman led 62,000 Union troops on a march to capture Savannah, GA. This is known as Sherman’s “march to the sea”
4 - $500 Stonewall Jackson was shot and killed by one of his own men at this battle. Battle of Chancellorsville
5 - $100 The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves here The Confederacy
5 - $200 What event ended the Civil War Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse.
5 - $300 When Abraham Lincoln spoke in the Gettysburg Address, what document did he refer to in justifying a “New Birth” for the U.S. Declaration of Independence
5 - $400 He became president after Lincoln’s assassination and favored a more lenient Reconstruction plan Andrew Johnson
5 - $500 The three Reconstruction Amendments and what they did 13th- abolished slavery 14th- citizenship 15th- right to vote
Final Jeopardy Which group wanted to punish the South following the Civil War? Radical Republicans