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Jeopardy Colonial America American Revolution Native Americans A New Nation Westward Expansion Exploration 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 500
Led the first European expedition to reach the Mississippi River
Who was Hernando do Soto?
Captain of the first English ship to cross the Atlantic
Who was John Cabot? A 200
The European explorer who first crossed Central America into what is now know as the Pacific Ocean
Who was Balboa? A 300
While trying to find a northern path to Europe and Asia, he found what is present day New York
Who was Henry Hudson? A 400
Name one of the areas of conflict between Europeans and Native Americans
What was land, competition for trade, disease, culture, or language?
These Native Americans lived in Northern Canada and Alaska B 100
Who are the Inuit? B 100
This Native American group used animal hides to make tepees B 200
Who are the Plains Indians? B 200
Reindeer, igloo, animal fur and feathers, fishing, and Arctic are clue words for this Native American group B 300
Who are the Inuit? B 300
Northwest coast, plank houses, seafood, and cedar are clue words for this Native American group B 400
Who are the Kwakiutl? B 400
Plants, hides, fur, plateau are clue words for this Native American group B 500
Who are the Nez Perce? B 500
The three colonial regions of the United States
What are New England, Mid-Atlantic, and Southern?
Fishing and ship building were important economic activities in this colonial region
What is New England? C 200
Livestock and grain were important economic activities in this colonial region
What is the Mid-Atlantic?
DAILY DOUBLE DAILY DOUBLE Place A Wager C 400
The major difference between slaves and indentured servants
What is slaves were owned for life and indentured servants were free at the end of their contract?
This event led to England taxing the American colonies
What was the French and Indian War?
The first armed conflict of the American Revolution
What was the Battle of Lexington and Concord?
Samuel Adams and Paul Revere led colonial patriots to dump tea into the harbor during this event
What was the Boston Tea Party? D 200
This battle was considered to be a major turning point for the colonial forces in the American Revolution D 300
What was the Battle of Saratoga? D 300
This action of Great Britain was a cause of American Colonists declaring independence
What was taxation without representation? D 400
The last major battle of the American Revolution D 500
What was the Battle of Yorktown? D 500
Provided people with a written guarantee of individual rights
What is the Bill of Rights?
The three branches of government created by the Constitution
What are the executive, judicial, and legislative branches?
The document that established a weak national government with only one branch
What was the Articles of Confederation?
The idea to split Congress into two houses with different means of representation
What was the Great Compromise?
It was during this war that British troops invaded Washington, D. C It was during this war that British troops invaded Washington, D.C. and set fire to the White House E 500
What was the War of 1812? E 500
This doubled the size of the United States
What was the Louisiana Purchase? F 100
Led the exploration of the territory acquired by the Louisiana Purchase
Who were Lewis and Clark? F 200
A gold rush in the late 1840’s caused thousands of people to move to this present-day state
What is California? F 300
The trail that settlers from the East took as they traveled westward
What is the Oregon Trail? F 400
In order for U.S. expansion to continue, what group of people was removed during Jackson’s administration? F 500
Who were Native Americans? F 500
Suffrage Movement The Final Jeopardy Category is: Please record your wager. Click on screen to begin
Click on screen to continue Helped start the National Woman Suffrage Association and served as president Click on screen to continue
Who was Elizabeth Cady Stanton? Click on screen to continue
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