Jeopardy The Gov’ts Role MinersRanchersFarmers Indians Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Final Jeopardy

The Gov’t encouraged the settlement of the West by passing this act which GAVE settlers clear title to 160 acres with minor qualifications

$100 Answer from H1 What is … The Homestead Act of 1862

$200 Question from H1 The government encouraged settlement of the West by following a policy that pushed Native Americans onto these.

$200 Answer from H1 What are ….. Reservations

$300 Question from H1 The Gov’t encouraged settlement of the West by passing this act which gave grants of federal land to states to fund public colleges that would offer practical education to all

$300 Answer from H1 What is …. The Morrill Act

$400 Question from H1 The gov’t encouraged settlement of the West by granting federal grants of land to Railroad companies to fund this which linked the US from coast to coast

$400 Answer from H1 What is…. The Transcontinental Railroad

$500 Question from H1 The gov’t encouraged settlement of the West by allowing ranchers to graze their herds free of charge on federal lands known as this

$500 Answer from H1 What is …. The Open Range

$100 Question from H2 This term applies to volunteers who provided law and order in mining towns before official law enforcement was established

$100 Answer from H2 What is …. Vigilance Committee

$200 Question from H2 After mining deposits were exhausted, boomtowns sometimes became these

$200 Answer from H2 What are… Ghost Towns

$300 Question from H2 This type of mining was also called “poor man’s” mining as very little money or experience was needed. This gave way to Quartz Mining (commercial mining) after surface supplies were depleted.

$300 Answer from H2 What is … Placer Mining

$400 Question from H2 Because of greater opportunities available for these in mining towns, the West led the way in the eventual passage of the 19 th Amendment

$400 Answer from H2 Who are …. Women

$500 Question from H2 Because of the flood of miners who came to the West in search of valuable minerals (especially gold and silver), western territories were eventually divided up into these

$500 Answer from H2 What are …. States

$100 Question from H3 This term applies to the movement of cattle north from Texas to a railhead (shipping station). At the railhead, cattle were sold and shipped to eastern markets

$100 Answer from H3 What is….. The Long Drive

$200 Question from H3 This breed of cattle was well-suited for the harsh climate of the American West. Millions roamed Texas un- owned until they were rounded up and sold to eastern markets in the late 1800s.

$200 Answer from H3 What is…. The Longhorn

$300 Question from H3 This innovation provided a solution to “lack of trees for fencing” in the West, and contributed to the end of the long drives as it allowed ranchers to fence in their herds cheaply and easily.

$300 Answer from H3 What is… Barbed Wire

$400 Question from H3 Because of the high level of beef consumption during this war, a postwar shortage caused prices to skyrocket – making it worthwhile to round up the cattle in Texas

$400 Answer from H3 What is … The Civil War

$500 Question from H3 Barbed wire Overproduction (falling prices) Railroad expansion into TX Blizzards in the late 1880s

$500 Answer from H3 What is…. Reasons for the end of the Long Drive

$100 Question from H4 lack of water lack of trees grasshopper infestations extremely cold winters extremely hot summers intense winds

$100 Answer from H4 What are …. Environmental Challenges in the American West

$200 Question from H4 Many settlers to the Great Plains adapted to their environment by building these for homes/shelter

$200 Answer from H4 What are …. Sod Houses

$300 Question from H4 The Great Plains became known as nation’s breadbasket after this drought-resistant crop was found to grow well in the region.

$300 Answer from H4 What is… Wheat

$400 Question from H4 Like the mining and ranching businesses, many farms evolved from individual operations to large commercial farms. This term applies to the large commercial farms that dominated the Great Plains

$400 Answer from H4 What are …. Bonanza Farms

$500 Question from H4 Dry farming Mechanical reaper Barbed wire Windmills Deep wells Steel plow

$500 Answer from H4 What are …. Technological solutions to the Great Plains environmental challenges

$100 Question from H5 This was the gov’ts attempt at assimilating the Plains Indians into white culture by breaking up their reservations into farm plots. It failed as Indians had no training or desire to farm. Ultimately, it harmed the culture of the Plains Indians by breaking up tribal ties.

$100 Answer from H5 What is…. The Dawes Act of 1887

$200 Question from H5 The destruction of this animal, the livelihood of the Plains Indians, forced many to accept life on reservations.

$200 Answer from H5 What is… The Buffalo

$300 Question from H5 This, like many other religious practices of the the Plains Indians, was outlawed by the federal government as it was considered too heathen and too subversive. The Lakota Sioux under Sitting Bull defied the ban which contributed to their final defeat at Wounded Knee Creek.

$300 Answer from H5 What is…. The Ghost Dance

$400 Question from H5 With this, Native Americans were officially made citizens of the USA

$400 Answer from H5 What is… The American Indian Citizenship Act of 1924

$500 Question from H5 This 1881 book, written by Helen Hunt Jackson, described the years of broken treaties and the injustices done to Native Americans

$500 Answer from H5 What is…. A Century of Dishonor

Final Jeopardy That the presence of a frontier provided a “safety valve of social discontent” and had a positive affect on American character was stressed in this historical writing. After the 1890 census showed that many had moved to the American West, it was seen by some, such as the author, as an end of an era.

Final Jeopardy Answer What is …. The Turner Thesis